Fred McK tagged me up. After alotta serious discorse here’s something fun and goofy:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags: A little of both. I always like tearing open a real wrapped gift.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Faker.
3. When do you put up the tree? Tomorrow hopefully
4. When do you take the tree down? Before my birthday (Jan. 8)
5. Do you like eggnog? Oh yeah!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
7. Hardest person to buy for? Who’s not hard to buy for?
8. Easiest person to buy for? The Operation Christmas Child kids
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yeah, but it’s pretty small. I’d really like to rock it out with a plastic-light-up lawn style nativity.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Yes, I really should.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? One year my little brother got me the kitsch-tivity.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It’s a Wonderful Life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Done and done.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Absolutely. I try to give Jesus every year.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Mrs. Wojahn’s cookies.
16. Lights on the tree? Only if they are fiber-optic.
17. Favorite Christmas song? If God came down on Christmas Day, I know exactly what He’d say. He’d say “Oi to the punks and Oi to the skins and Oi to the world and everybody wins!”
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home.
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? We worship Jesus and not Satan Clause at my house. I can name all of Jesus’s reindeer.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Tree Angles are creepy.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Consumerism
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? red
24. Favorite place for Christmas dinner? At the table.
25. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Rick McK says, “The Church’s response has been to critique the culture for not talking about Jesus or saying, ‘Merry Christmas’ so there’s this idea that when I’m running through the mall, trampling over people, to get that last thing, you should tell me, ‘Merry Christmas’ not ‘Happy Holidays’ That’s a very lame place for the Church to draw the line in the sand.”
I have to agree, although I use them both as my family celebrates Hanukkah as well.
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Willow Creek Reveal Frenzy
Published October 26, 2007 Blogging , Books , Church , Video 21 CommentsTags: , , Bill Hybels, Blogosphere, Blogs, Christian, Christianity, Christinaity Today, Church Growth, Commentary, Conversation, Frenzy, Greg Hawkins, Humility, Links, Model, Reactions, Religion, Reveal, Seeker Sensative, Vidoes, Willow Creek
This past week has seen a blogging frenzy* erupt over Reveal, a spiritual growth conversation headed by Bill Hybels and Greg Hawkins of Willow Creek Community Church. These two leaders have each posted videos on the Reveal website admitting that their previous model of doing local church ministry has flaws. Through the Reveal conversation they are seeking to create a new, more effective ministry model. While some have taken a critical attitude, many have pointed out Hybel’s humility.
The blogosphere began to see posts regarding the Willow Creek’s new direction in August when Hawkins’ book Reveal: Where Are You? was announced during The Leadership Summit. A recent influx of posts has been prompted by Christianity Today’s Out of Ur article. To help sort the mass of information Greg Hawkins has offered some clarifying points on the Reveal Blog.
Personally, I’m very excited to see what will come from this conversation. Willow Creek has always been committed to helping other local churches. They are on the right track with Reveal and I believe the results of their research will produce helpful insights that the whole Church can benefit from.
The Videos
Hawkins video is candid and earnest. When he speaks of the distraction a church leader feels on Sunday morning I felt as though he was pulling thoughts from my own mind. Skip the short version and watch the 13 minute one. It’s worth it.
Hybels brought a welcome humor to a serious situation. I laughed out loud several times throughout his presentation.
The Frenzy
*Some of the more content driven posts from this last week include: