Every year at Christmas we remember and celebrate the remarkable story of how God became man and dwelt among us. Jesus of Nazareth, God the Son, was born as a truly human person to rescue us from our sin and to redeem the world. What is perhaps most striking about this story however is the ordinary cast of characters that surround the wondrous newborn. Except for a select group of exotic foreign visitors, most of those who play a role in Jesus' birth are ordinary Joes. What is striking is how unremarkable and ordinary they are! Rather than being born in a palace to wealthy and mighty elites, Jesus' birth takes place among ordinary people who are facing their own challenges and problems. As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, we will discover why Christmas is good news for people like us... people who are barren, lowly, overlooked, and waiting.