Your Free, At-home Christmas Retreat (2024)
Distractions and uncertainty are a way of life.
From technology to politics, climate change to the future of the Church, it seems like everything is trying to pull us away from what matters most: love of God and neighbor—and the current moment in which our hearts beat.
Y’all, we need some peace!
We need Christmas peace.
We need Jesus, the Prince of Peace, whose peace passes all understanding.
We need peace of mind so that we rest from trying to keep it all under control.
Peace of heart so that we look to God before looking to anyone else.
Peace of body so that we treat ourselves with as much reverence as we would the Word made flesh.
And peace of soul so that we sing our thanks to God with unending praise.
The key to receiving this peace, is to breathe it in now.
Christ’s peace is available in this moment and every moment of the year. Peace that passes understanding is the paradox that inverts even our moments of uncertainty and suffering.
Because Christ’s peace is happening now—always, relentlessly, and without ceasing.
Below, you can click on the link to receive your Christmas retreat. The retreat offers eight ways to abide in Christ’s peace, inspired by the Christmas Scriptures.
It’s intended to let you sink into peace once your Christmas labors are done. But it’s also intended to be a retreat you can turn to any moment of the year when your peace is shaken.
Because the gift of the Prince of Peace is to be with us always. Here. Now.
Merry Christmas, Preacher!
Lisa Cressman+
Founding Steward
Backstory Preaching