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Monday, December 06, 2004
Are You Ready for Christmas?
A retired man living in Phoenix called his son in New York and said, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you I'm divorcing your mother. Forty-five years of misery is enough."
The son exclaims, "Pop, you can't divorce Mom after all these years! It's crazy!"
"It may be crazy, but I'm going to tell her on Christmas Day. It'll be the last one we ever spend together."
Frantically, the son calls his sister in Chicago, and she explodes. "No way they're getting a divorce! We'll both fly to Phoenix and talk some sense into Dad. I don't care if it is the holidays!"
She calls her father and shouts over the phone, "Don't do it, do you hear me? My brother and I will be there tomorrow." Then she hangs up.
The old man hangs up on his end and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says with a smile, "they're coming for Christmas. And they're paying their own way!"
That's one way to get ready for Christmas.
Our church does it, amidst all the hustle and bustle of shopping, sending cards, trimming trees and such, by slowing down the season a bit.
For four Sundays between Thanksgiving and Christmas we light candles on the Advent wreath, sing special songs, and re-live the world's anticipation of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem.
As the days grow shorter and colder, we make our way patiently toward the festival of God's light shining into darkness, of God's love transforming this lonely world.
Getting ready for Christmas, one day at a time.
I invite you to do the same wherever you may be. If where you are is Alameda, then please come join us next Sunday morning.
Your eyes will feast on our decorations. Your ears will love our music. Your soul will be blessed with our worship.
posted by Jack Buckley at
10:20 AM
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