John teaches us to walk as Jesus walked, while warning us not to love the world's lust, greed, and pride, temptations that hijack Christmas every year. The answer isn't stripping away celebration or compartmentalizing faith from festivity, but learning the difference between feasting and gluttony: feasting responds, connects, and rests; gluttony grasps, compares, and never stops.

"God With Us" series • Danny Strange