Tonight I am going to talk about something which may seem strange as a topic for a Christmas Eve sermon. I am going to talk about flying saucers, U.F.O's and alien abductions. My job is to tell the story of Jesus Christ. In order to tell the story of Jesus Christ effectively it is important to listen to the other stories that people tell each other.
People express their hopes and fears in the stories they tell.
Tonight the church proclaims that in Jesus Christ the hopes and fears of all the years have been met. The stories of U.F.O.s and space aliens have a form which seems strange, even bizarre to some, but the content of these stories is very familiar and very universal. At the heart of these stories the human heart cries out in hope and fear. I want to spend a few moments exploring these stories so that I can share my conviction that the true and living story of the birth of the savior is the answer to the desire of the human heart that is being expressed by this fascination with visitors from outer space. It interests me that stories of visitors from outerspace persist and enjoy great popularity in spite of the obvious scientific difficulties.