Affirming Our Humanness On This Day and Every Day

I was touched when I was asked to write this year’s Christmas message for the Vineyard Gazette. Maybe because I didn’t suspect it — my wife, Colleen, and I have been here only about a year, and I know there are other thoughtful voices who might have contributed something wise and wonderful to the great people of the Vineyard at this holy and special time of year, a time so many of us hold so dear, for so many reasons. My heart is glad for it.