Yeah, this is probably not the first thought that enters your mind as you finish the year and prepare for another holiday season full of the joys of beloved traditions. But if we take a deeper look at Christmas, Christ’s birth marks the beginning of his earthly mission, a task he had been entrusted with by his Father who sent him. As he was sent, so also are we sent (Jn 20:21). What better time of year to consider our own obedience to God’s command to go? What better time to set aside that which holds our attention temporarily to embrace that which bears eternal significance?

Christmas was the season for going for BMM’s missionary founders, William and Genevieve Haas. Nancy Freund, BMM’s Publications Manager, recently released The Reward Unseen, a new biography of William Haas that documents this eternal perspective. I’d like to give you a taste of this excellent account with several extended quotes emphasizing the Haases’ fixation with the eternal.