Object: A piece of chalk

Boys and Girls: Christmas is a time of peace and good will on earth. At least, that's what we hope for and long for. The next three Sundays we're going to be talking about pride.

Christmas is a time when we honor the lowly things of this world, the little things, the insignificant things, the little town of Bethlehem, the little stable, the little manger, the shepherds.

Do you know what pride is? Pride is what causes us to puff ourselves up and think that we are more important than other people. The Bible tells us that that's the source of a lot of our problems.

I read about two passenger ships, just two years ago, in the Black Sea, who collided. Many lives were lost. They se…