This Is NOT a Christmas Story: Repair Takes Repentance | 12 Days of Christmas Ep 3

Dec 28, 2025    Nate Preisinger

This is not a Christmas story.

This is a story about perspective.

About how the same moment can mean everything to one person—and almost nothing to another.

Over the next twelve episodes on Together 4 Good, we’re sharing real stories that remind us we don’t all experience joy, meaning, or even God in the same way.

This is not a Christmas story.

But it is a real one.

In this episode, I tell a story from my first semester of college—one involving crutches, a prank gone too far, a stolen towel, and a very large offensive lineman.

It’s a funny story on the surface.

But underneath it’s about vulnerability, repentance, and what it means to repair relationships when we’ve crossed a line.

Faith isn’t just about confession in worship.

It’s about owning our mistakes, telling the truth, and doing the work of repair.