It is Saturday night and I am not preaching tomorrow. It always feels a little bit weird not to preparing a sermon--not necessarily bad just weird. I'm doing a blue Christmas service tomorrow--it is a service where we acknowledge that with all of the joy that this season brings it also comes with many dark aspects as well. For many it holds great sadness and grief. So we'll name that in worship tomorrow. It will include lots of time for meditation and silence. And that means no sermon from me.
So what have I done today in place of sermon preparation? Well I've done a lot of what I normally do on Saturday--nothing. I woke up and listened to the radio. I love, love, Saturday morning NPR. Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. Car Talk. Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! Seriously love it, even though the wait, wait was a montage of previous guests. They didn't tape this week because of the holiday. Then this afternoon I saw Sweeny Todd. It was really good. And I was a little hesitant about a singing Johnny Depp. But yeah, good. Definitely worth seeing. Although, be forewarned it is a bit gory. As you would expect if you know the story. But the blood is cartoonish.
When I was in Florida I saw Alvin and the Chipmunks with the nieces and nephews. All I will say is that I think the kids liked it.
I had a good time in Florida. i ate a lot of really bad food--that was really, really good! For those of you who live in cold climates, it was so not that in Florida. Sunny and warm. I wore shorts and t-shirts most days. Some of you may say that doesn't feel like Christmas, but I grew up in Florida so it feels for the most part like Christmas to me. Although, I do remember colder Christmases. It's an inconvenient truth.
Which reminds me of something. Somehow my cousins and I were joking about melting ice caps and droughts, etc. I know funny stuff right? Anyway, my aunts pipe in I think the Lord has it all under control. I tried to pipe in that we were appointed care takers for the earth but by that time they had already moved on to something else. But seriously, I just think that is so crazy to just think oh we don't have to worry about global warning because God has it all under control. Perhaps, I'm just thinking, oh maybe God wanted us to have it all under control. And I don't think we've done that great of a job. Oh well. That is my family.
Alright, well that is it for tonight. It is kind of cool and rainy here so I'm going to heat up some soup and settle in for the night.
Peace out!
2 comments:
My kid loved Alvin too, and I was happy that he liked it. However, it left little impression on me.
As far as global warming goes, I have a feeling that if we don't take care of creation, that creation will take care of itself, with or without us.
Aren't family politics fun???! Over Christmas My dad and I got into it over whether or not mercury should be allowed in vaccines and fillings. I didn't know he was passionate about this issue. Whoops!
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