Christmas was always simple.
An inn with no room, a manger with a baby, a teenage girl in an unknown town, and some shepherds that celebrated the arrival of God on earth. Christmas was never intended to come along with the all of the flash and stress that now surrounds this holiday. It was intended to celebrate the incarnation and now has become more about consumerism and our western culture.
So this year at Park we decided to go simple.
No screens.
Little Technology.
Old Songs.
The Birth Narrative in Luke 1 & 2 for four weeks.
Simple not for effect, but because we believe that if we could remove the inevitable distractions that come our way this time of year and remember that the incarnation, God being made flesh and dwelling among us, is real that it will change our lives all over again.
1 comment:
Beautiful, Jason. Dan and I have been reading about Advent Conspiracy out of Ecclesia in Texas. It would really fit with your theme with year.
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