Peace!

• To families touched by violence and death, including many in Newtown, Connecticut . . .
• To co-workders touched by grief at the death of loved
  ones . . .
• To teachers who teach classes large and small with whatever resources the congregation will provide . . .
• To students who are distracted by many competing demands on their time and their hearts . . .

The angels near Bethlehem, and the angels near where you live, bring a message of peace on earth.

Not peace because we humans are good; we're not.

Peace because God is good; He is! He conquered our enemies of sin, death, and Satan through a bloody victory on the cross to win us forgiveness, new life, and eternal salvation.

I pray that you will have many opportunities to teach God's children that Good News in the week ahead.