Advent is always a tricky time of the year for the preacher and worship leader in my opinion. Its not Christmas, yet, according to the church but it is Christmas time for the culture arround us. Just as we have taken rituals and practices of other cultures and baptised them as Christian, so our Western culture has taken one of our rituals/practices, Christmas, and ‘baptised’ it for the cultural purposes of promoting family life and selling stuff!
Here is my sermon for the first of our four Advent Sundays:
Tags: Advent, baptism, Christmas, consumerism, disciple, materialism, mission
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What an adventure!
Here I am, trying to unpack everything from the move from the United States to New Lambton. All the rooms in the rectory have their share of partially emptied boxes and several boxes in the lounge room haven’t even been touched! What goes where, what do we give away, what do we throw out, what do we put into the garage until the next move! These are the questions that are consuming us right now. What I do know is that we have too much stuff!
If only our spiritual lives were as rich as our material lives. Being a disciple of Jesus takes a lot more work than buying things. But it is so worth the effort.
Tags: consumerism, materialism, moving, packing, poverty, simplicity, spirituality, wealth
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