Sermon thoughts and other musings

Okay, so it has been a couple of months since the tragedy of the gunman who murdered those poor Amish girls in their school. I have read so many people - Christians and non-Christians - extol the forgiveness we saw from their community as a true example of what Jesus taught us to do.

But as we enter into the Advent season, a season where we anticipate the child who would teach us to be forgiving, even unto death, a very simple question crossed my mind: do we even really aspire to become that forgiving? Do we have the courage it takes to look someone in the eye who murdered innocent loved ones and say: "I forgive you?" Not only that, but to establish an aid fund for his family? If the answer is 'no', then I wonder if we really have the right to celebrate the coming of the Christ Child.

Sure, we celebrate Jesus as God who chose to become like us. But are we willing to become like Jesus?