Awkward Family Christmas: John the Baptist

Join us for the beginning of our Advent season as we remember that God is with us and through Jesus has made home right here in the world. John the Baptist is a major player who considered himself a minor player, who would grow up to become a camel hair wearing, bug eating street preacher, dunking converts in murky pools of muddy water while warning seekers to flee from the wrath to come (the perfect Christmas guest)! Talk about awkward! Surely John’s birth was a sign of things to come. His father, a priest in the temple, is finally promised what he and his wife Elizabeth had long prayed for, a child. But despite this, Zechariah cannot bring himself to believe their prayers are going to be answered. He is struck speechless, but despite both age and silence, a baby is born to them. Turns out, it’s going to be a very awkward first Christmas!