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The Rev. Kenneth Tanner sums up the meaning of Christmas when he writes:
“I am in awe of Bethlehem’s startling truth: that God is a baby, gasping for air, clasping for mother’s milk, flailing his small limbs in a feed trough; taking on my frailty, my vulnerability, that I might share his everlasting nature.
“That baby is now Lord of all things visible and invisible, forever one of us, still bearing his now glorified, nail-scarred flesh at the Father’s side, making all things new for all, hallowing every star in the far-flung cosmos—redeeming every atom and every stoney heart.”
“Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
— Philippians 2:9 (NLT)
and gave him the name above all other names.”
And so we sing, “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and good will toward men. Amen.”