During one of my Advent sermons this year I remarked, “I don’t think there really is any such thing as a ‘War on Christmas.’  At least, if there is one then they’ve apparently missed.  I do, however, think there might be a ‘War on Advent,’ and that churches and retailers are inadvertently allied in that the war.”…
Tag: Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone. We had a fairly decent Christmas Eve worship last night (positive critiques aside – you’re helping to plan next year Mel!), after that we came home and crashed. We get a lot of invites from the various open houses that people host each Christmas eve, but we never go. Mostly because by…
I Pastor People Who are Nuts
Believe me, I mean that as a compliment! I got this drawing for Christmas from one of our members. She like drawing little ants in all sorts of odd places and having interesting conversations. In this particular drawing the ants are raiding a Christmas tree for supplies. It takes a strange sort of mind to…
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!
We had a wonderful, and relaxing, day yesterday – capped off by sharing a Thanksgiving feast with 16 people seated around our table (well, and three at the kiddie table). Â It actually felt like a day of rest, and for an introvert like me that’s a statement when you’re surrounded by people all day. It…
