This hymn from John, the first verses of the Gospel’s first chapter, take the specific event of Jesus’ birth and plays out the truly universal questions.
Universal Claims
In the Beginning was the Verb, a sermon for Christmas I
The verbs in today’s Gospel invite us to join God in adventurous action. The Logos is not some static mystery simply to be contemplated. God is not a beautiful noun that doesn't do anything. John's prologue invites us to see God as the "Verbum", the verb.
