This is the first Christmas season in about one and a half decades when I'm not leading or singing in a carolling team, when I'm not co-organising some Christmas evangelism meet, when I'm not leading a group to bring gifts for an orphanage or welfare home, when I'm not speaking/preaching, when I'm not (even) playing in a Christmas service band.
And you know what? It feels great.
O, to have to do nothing but "show up"...'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished (grin).
No this isn't an ode to non-activity, non-involvement and non-service at Christmas time. God forbid.
It's really an auto-biographical reminder that God is perfectly okay if you sit back and relax every now and then.
Does 'Sabbath Christmas' ring true? Should churches declare 'off-seasons' occasionally?
No 3-hour services. No mega-lunches. No mall-to-mall or house-to-house visitations or presentations. No special prayers (except maybe one short one). No big events.
Would it help to ensure that there's no chance of Christmas being associated with stress and office-like deadlines? To let the pastors and leaders...simply...chill?
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You can say that again! For the 1st time in my life, I'm also not involved in any Christmas activities. Let the young un's have their turn.
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