December 17thChristmas Greeting 2025
Just over 2,000 years ago, the whole world changed.
At least, that’s what we as Christians believe.
Because just over 2,000 years ago, in a humble dwelling somewhere in Bethlehem, among the domestic animals of a household unknown to history, Jesus was born—God enfleshed as a newborn baby, fully human yet, equally, impossibly, fully divine.
We as Christians—and specifically as Mennonites—believe that Jesus is the ultimate revelation of God. When we want to discern who God is, or how God acts in the world, or what God wants us to be and to do, we look to Jesus.
Including Jesus the newborn baby, wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.
This hints at what we see of Jesus—and of God through Jesus—in the years of his ministry that followed. A God who comes in humility, not pomp and power. A God whose reign over humanity and all creation comes in small things, things as small as a mustard seed, or a tiny baby. A God who accomplishes great things not through force or domination but through weakness and vulnerability—even, ultimately, death on a Roman cross.
This Christmas, as we gather in our churches and our homes to celebrate Jesus’ birth, may we pay attention to the small things, the humble things, the weak and vulnerable things—and people—around us, knowing that it is in and through these that God is most fully revealed to us.
On behalf of all of us as MCM staff, I wish you all the hope, joy, peace, and love of the season.
