Tierra Nueva Christmas

Our bi-lingual service has become tri-lingual - English, Spanish, Mixteco - its beautiful! As I read the story of the birth of Jesus in a manger among the poor and the outcast, it comes in sharp relief as I sit there among the poor and marginalized and I see that the gospel is truly good news for the poor; that Jesus would come and be one with them, one of them - not born in Jerusalem in a royal family among people of power, lofty and unapproachable. Jesus is the one who comes to the Mixteco families living in Mt. Vernon in an apartment without heat and a few blankets and little food.