Homecoming

At Christmas time especially, when there are many who will feel displaced and abandoned and who are looking for a place, looking to belong, wondering whether anyone really loves them or welcomes them, this work of God-With-Us is particularly important to bring to others.

Many this time of year will be asking, “Where is there a place for me?” Perhaps they are unable to travel to be with relatives. Perhaps they have no relatives. Some have been separated from the joys of family gatherings by divorce, unable to join their children when the “ex” has them over the holiday.

Our culture offers many solutions to the ache of having no place. But ultimately, those things bring more pain in the form of debt, false-hope, self-righteousness and bigotry, or addiction. Many look for a “Place” among the avatars, an electronic “home” in an internet community: {the full post}

[via The Philosophical Pastor]