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- sleep over at parents
- enjoy early morning boxing day treats (recycled christmas food)
- check out future shop, leave immediately
- discuss effectiveness of boxing dale sales advertising mirage
- prepare sunday’s sermon and red curry
- head out to lehman’s for annual kooman family celebration
- more snacking and food
- engage in interesting and expected controversial gift exchange
- offer world’s best gift ever to near majority mockery
- take home dvd and digital poker game (yep)
- wake up after 2 hrs of sleep for early morning snow shovel
- hop into bed for quick nap the repeat shoveling in afternoon darkness
- head to parents to meet the zbiruns
- go for glory in pictionary
- sleep deep deep sleep
I was moved and blessed to watch Jean Vanier’s interview on CBC’s Sunday News. Vanier is founder of L’Arche, a ministry of care to people with disabilities, writer of books, and a man of peace.
He spoke eloquently about what it means to be human, to love, to have faith. He reminded me of the good news, that Jesus came to the world to show love to the poor, to climb down the hierarchical ladder of power that so few reach the top of, to go downward to the poor and marginalized and to declare that they are both loved by God and beautiful.
I embrace the truth of the words and celebrate my Saviour’s birth. As I celebrate Christmas I hope you will be able to embrace the reality of Christ’s declaration: though poor you are loved. That’s God’s word, not mine. Real theology.
Well, it’s that time, again. I’ve subverted the process for a number of years. It seemed only right to scratch out a Christmas letter this time around.
It was meaningful to look back over the year and to refresh perspective. It was a good year (not over yet). I learned, I failed forward, I traveled, I was blessed.
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there are angels in the room.
i impulsively bought a christmas tree last night. christy and dan had something to do with it.
here’s a shot with us with it when it was bound and frozen. and one below in its half-decorated state.
oh! the smell of pine-needles!
the new documentary what would Jesus buy? and socially relevant campaigns like buy nothing Christmas highlight that the meaning of Christmas - the advent of true compassion, mercy, and love - is oft forgotten each year.
this is a shame.
how do we reclaim and recreate a season filled with meaning? how do we make the journey back to that heart? i don’t feel ready for the season (as usual) but were the shepherds that night, was Mary, was Joseph? no matter where our hearts or minds are, no matter what the focus of their attention, Jesus still comes.
it doesn’t matter how ready we feel. what does matter is how i respond to the Incarnation. for, no matter what: Emmanuel.
this morning i realize i want to prepare the way for the coming of Christ. because, yes, the reality of Christ’s advent is no matter what. but we can help prepare the way, this Christmas and some three hundred-sixty other days in the year.
prepare a way for true compassion, mercy, and love to feel at home in our hearts.
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