The holidays can be a time of disappointment. As children, we are disappointed when we don’t get the toys we want. As adults, our disappointments around the holidays usually become less material. We are disappointed that a loved one won’t be with us to celebrate Christmas or that a relationship hasn’t been mended. We look back on what our life was like in previous years and are disappointed with where we are now. We thought we would be happier, our health would be better, our children would be in a better place. This Sunday we will continue our Advent series, Finding God in Unexpected Places. We will consider the circumstances of Joseph at the time Mary finds herself with child. And we will see that our disappointments are often an unexpected place in which we can find God.