Rev. Tom Hathaway - November 30, 2025
The Shepherds
This sermon explores why the angel announced Jesus’ birth to shepherds, the least respected people in their world, and what that choice reveals about God’s love. It is a word of honest challenge and deep comfort for anyone longing for a fresh start.
Scripture References: Luke 2:8-20
From Series: "The Characters of Christmas"
As we enter the holiday season, we're spending time with the ones who first felt the shockwave of Jesus’ birth. A teenage girl brave enough to say yes. A bewildered carpenter learning to trust what made no earthly sense. Shepherds who lived on the edges of everyone’s attention. Magi who followed a strange star beyond the borders of their own traditions. Each one found the same truth rising in their lives like early light creeping over a horizon: this good news of great joy is meant for all of us.
