Christmas in jail

This session was just 3 days before Christmas. We opened the session as usual, offering prayer asking God to join the group, letting everyone introduce themselves, singing a few songs and reading a Psalm.

Then we talked about Christmas. Everyone shared some experiences from their youth. Lou told a story about the birds, a popular story that Paul Harvey tells every year around Christmas.

I said it would be difficult to be away from family and be in a small place during Christmas time. Then I reminded the group what Jesus gave up (closeness to God, vastness of space) to come to earth as a small, vulnerable baby.

I suggested that Jesus knew a lot about being away from family and going from freedom to a small, restricted place. Then men agreed.