More Than Stained Glass - Week 3 - Every Color Counts

In this powerful reflection on the Christmas story, we discover that God's masterpiece isn't created through perfection but through diversity and brokenness made beautiful. Just as stained glass windows require every color to tell their complete story, the church needs every person, every background, and every unique story to fully reveal Christ's glory. The sermon draws us into Luke 2, where God chose the most unlikely witnesses—lowly shepherds, social outcasts whose testimony wasn't even accepted in court—to be the first to hear the greatest announcement in history. This wasn't a mistake in divine PR; it was intentional design. The angel declared 'good news of great joy for all people,' and from that first moment, the gospel has been radically inclusive. We're challenged to see ourselves as essential pieces in God's puzzle, where our presence fills a space no one else can occupy. Whether we feel too broken, too ordinary, or too different, Bethlehem reminds us that God delights to dwell in places no one else notices. The truth that should shake us awake this Christmas is simple yet profound: if we're uncomfortable with diversity in the church, we'll be very uncomfortable in heaven, where Revelation 7:9 shows us a multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language worshiping together. Our call isn't to create uniformity but to celebrate the harmony that happens when Christ's light shines through all our beautiful differences.