The Sermon Story

At Christmas we celebrate the incarnation: God becoming a human being in Jesus. It is a mystery too big for theology textbooks alone, which is why the best Christmas sermons so often reach for a story. These four Christmas stories, retold in our own words, include a philosopher's parable, a children's nativity play that went off script, the real man behind Santa Claus and a goldfish who got his wish. Each ends with a takeaway for sermons, nativity services or family devotions. Stories in this collection: The King Who Became a Peasant: Kierkegaard's Parable "You Can Have My Room": Wally and the Christmas Play The Real Saint Nicholas Behind Santa Claus Bogglehead the Goldfish: A Parable of the Incarnation ──────── ✝ ──────── The King Who Became a Peasant: Kierkegaard's Parable A parable inspired by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard , who told a version of it in his Philosophical Fragments . Once upon a time there was a very rich king who was deep...