A Message for Christmas 2024

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Podcast

In this message for the week of Christmas, Pastor Chad relates how the roads we travel in life aren't always the path we'd choose for ourselves. Sometimes there's an unplanned detour through a lost job, a divorce, a cancer diagnosis, or the death of a loved one. Mary & Joseph did not plan a road trip to Bethlehem, it was a detour caused by a government census. The road to Bethlehem was treacherous, especially for a woman about to give birth. Recounting the road to the manger where Jesus was born is a reminder that Emmanuel (God Is With Us) accompanies us along the road we travel, even through the detours.