Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us.

They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.

Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.

Luke 1:1-4 NLT

Luke the analyst, the stand back, take a while to process everything, look from a different perspective, do the research, big picture guy. 

It's easy to get caught in this idea that Christmas is the end. There's this big drive in our culture to make it a big thing, it arrives at the end of our year and we (quite rightly) make a big deal of Jesus turning up. And Luke starts with events surrounding Jesus' arrival, but that's not the end of anything (except maybe the end of the beginning of this new story).

Jesus arrival is the beginning of something new. 

It's the beginning of a new way of connecting (or re-connecting) with God..

It's the beginning of the end of death. 

It's the beginning of hope. 

A hope filled story that we are part of. 

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