Sermon for 2nd Sunday of Christmas – Ephesians 1:3-14

So, some of you know I don’t care for sports. Probably because I hated gym class. How many times we had to pick teams. Teacher always picks a couple favorites to be captains. Never a surprise who those kids are, right? So they take turns picking kids, one by one, until guess who’s the only one left. Like usual. Good times! Couple decades of therapy. No big deal! Has this ever happened to you? Doesn’t have to be gym class. Have you ever applied for a job that you didn’t get? Some group that either didn’t let you join or kicked you out? When you find out that your so-called friends are getting together without you? Lots of different situations here. But is there anyone who hasn’t ever felt left out or left behind? So many popularity contests in the course of our lives, and are they ever fair?