The Christmas Season tends to magnify what is going on in our lives. It's a reminder of broken relationships, unmet expectations, and missed loved ones. The good news is Christmas is not wonderful because of what is going on around us. Christmas is wonderful because of something that already happened.

Our relationship with Jesus is personal, yet is to be lived out in community. This week Paul teaches us that in Christ we have been reconciled to God and at the same time have been reconciled to one another. Reconciled people are most like Christ when they reconcile with others.

As we study Ephesians 2:1-10 Paul tells us what we are saved from, how we are saved, and what we are saved to. The big question is do you know Jesus?

As Paul opens his letter to the church in Ephesus, he address the letter to the "saints". This week we discover what it means to be a saint, in Christ.