Our school has had a live nativity for twenty years. Students and parents dress up and I read the Christmas story from Matthew and Luke. It is a great tradition.
more tradition
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UnChristian
I pretty much stopped calling myself a Christian in most contexts a while back. It’s because of my experiences here in USA and in Europe that I began calling myself a “follower of Jesus.”
The whole issue of the testimony of the church is one that is near and dear to the hearts of some of my friends and me… a new book is out which addresses the issue…
I heard an interview last night driving from DC. Some of the author’s ideas are that Christianity is seen in America by unbelieving folks as:
1. Judgemental
2. Sheltered (not in the world)
3. Too Political (should we have national flags in churches??? or photos of presidents??? am I against Romney or Huckaby because they are so outspoken about ?)
4. Anti-Homosexual (I think they mean the people not the act)
5. There were more but i can’t remember them…
This is a link to a generous sample of the book, click here…
I think this is some important material for those of us who are followers of Jesus to be aware of… how can we possibly present Jesus to folks without understanding them???
the love of God is like…
the love of God is like a giant oak tree whose roots go deep into the ground and is sturdy and dependable… whose branches grow wide and provide shelter to birds who travel through… it does not care what we look like, smell like, sound like, act like, it is there…. it provides places of nesting for the young, shade from the summer’s heat… comfort, provision and protection… this is something of what the love of God is like… faithful, unconditional
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pix of home for joanna
Joanna, We took advantage of an amazing afternoon to do some mulching, mom said you wanted to see some pix, so here you go! We love you! 16 days!!!!
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more pix for Joanna
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