ICDM: Christmas 2025
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9, NIV) Dear friends of ICDM, This passage from 2 Corinthians is really what Christmas is all about. Jesus left the halls of splendor to be born in a manger. He traded the music of heaven for the worship of poor shepherds and some outsiders from far away. During his life, he worked as a carpenter, hung out with the forgotten people of the world, and finally emptied himself on the cross for our salvation. He became poor so that we might become rich. Have you ever reflected on this much? I know I have. Jesus became poor so that my family, living in the jungles of Haiti…