THE CHARACTERS OF CHRISTMAS: an expectant audience (a sermon to be preached on Dec. 27, 2015, at Kenwood Church in Livonia, MI)

This is Christmas Eve, the day before Christmas.  Can you imagine Mary and Joseph on their first Christmas Eve?  Were they waiting with great anticipation?  Were they "ready"?  Can you imagine what it would be like to be waiting for the Messiah to come . . . tomorrow?  

Waiting is a large part of the human experience.  We wait on the mail.  We wait on our children.  We wait for good news.  We wait and wait and wait.  

What have you been waiting for?  

Are you still waiting for the Messiah?

What are you waiting for?