The Politics of Christmas

A message from the series “The Will to Dream: Persistent courage to imagine, resist, and rebuild a better world.”, given by Pastor Scott Austin on Dec. 24, 2025.

The story of the birth of Jesus is inherently "political," meaning simply that it took place in a particular place and time, with social and civic factors at play. (Just look at how much detail about the government there is in the Christmas story!) We, too, exist in a particular time and place, with our own social and civic factors at play. And if we want Christ to be born into our own hearts, we must take this into account.