Not everything that comes out of a box actually fits back in.  Some things seem to expand and grow and can never find their original shape, what if this is called growth.

It’s easy to mistakenly assume that peace comes because our external circumstances have changed in a way that removes any cause for agitation and anxiety. But the newborn king that the Magi discovered in Bethlehem brings a different kind of peace.

It is important to be amazed at the right parts of this story.  In other words open the present, don’t just play with the fancy bows and paper.

Disbelief is one of the doorways by which we are invited to enter the Advent story, not as a reader but as many of the characters.  Joseph's dilemma not just believable but relatable.  Trusting God is only half of the struggle and sometimes not the hardest one.

Sometimes the unexpected takes us to dark places. But the message of Advent is that the Light is coming