Let us be lights for each other – In his Christmas message, the President of the Lutheran World Federation Bishop Henrik Stubkjær reflects on the call to hope which lies at the heart of the Nativity story. God comes close to us through the birth of the Christ child, he says, reminding us of the need to bring light into the darkness and hope, "even in the most hopeless places.”

Recalling a recent visit to Bethlehem, Bishop Stubkjær shares the words of a young Palestinian student: “It is difficult to see the light in circumstances that surround us,” she said. “But if we cannot see the light – then we must be the light ourselves.” In a divided world, where conflicts pull us apart, the LWF President concludes, “Let us, in the words of that young woman, be lights for each other, wherever we stand.”