In The Light We Long For, Rick talks about how how Jesus offers us hope and light – The Light We Long For – in a dark world.

Drawing on John 1:5 (“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it”), Rick talks about how Jesus’ birth – which we celebrate at Christmas – was the moment when that longed-for light entered the world in Jesus.

Popular Christmas films often follow the same pattern: a dark or broken world and a longing for light to break through. This mirrors real life, where people face genuine darkness and hardship and still hope for something more. Christmas tells the true story behind that longing: God is not distant but came into the world in Jesus, stepping into human suffering out of solidarity, not just power.

Jesus was born into a time of oppression and conflict, yet his mission was not to overthrow political powers but to win a deeper, lasting victory over sin, darkness, and death through his life, death, and resurrection. Because of this, Jesus’ light cannot be overcome and is available to all people, across all cultures and generations.

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