Matthew HambrickThe Christ event is the ultimate welcome home.
Jesus tells the story of a father who waits, watching for a son to return from a journey built of his selfish alienation.
The incarnation tells the story of a God who doesn't wait for us to return. It is the story of a divine parent who starts walking to find us where we are, in the midst of our journeys of selfishness and alienation and says, "You are my beloved child. You are now home in me."