Religion & Spirituality
Pastor John delivers his pre-Christmas sermon about Joseph and his reaction to the dream. Two of the four gospels narrate the birth of Jesus. The more familiar one, Luke's poetic version with Caesar Augustus, shepherds in their fields, and the babe in the manger, we will read on Christmas Eve. But before we get there, we have Matthew's account. And in Matthew's story Joseph the carpenter from Nazareth has a dream. And despite the fact that Joseph's part in the story is short, and he doesn't even have a single line of dialogue, we know that he's important, because Joseph spent his life near to Jesus. Through good times, and bad times, through the joys and sorrows of life, there was Joseph, near to Jesus. And isn't that what all of us should be striving for as well?