Christmas Shopping

On Friday it started snowing. In fact, it snowed so much, Hadassah got a snow day from work at the preschool.

Friday afternoon, Trevan and I went looking for Christmas lights for my house. I wanted icicles for the roof. Our first stop was Lowe's. Lowe's tuned up nothing, so we went to Home Depot... one box left. Next we tried Target. Nothing. In desperation we went to Meijer where I got what I wanted. But Meijer didn't have the gutter clips. So we tried to remember where we saw them... headed back to Home Depot... nope. Then back to Lowe's, where I got the clips I wanted.

I am happy to report that after that exasperating adventure, my house is now decorated as high as I can reach with my little ladder (and I managed not to slip and fall on the ice, break any lights, or freeze my fingers off). My neighbor, Jerry, is planning to decorate also. With his help and his ladder, I should be able to finish the job.

Christmas Fever

I like December. I like the first taste of snow, I like the Christmas lights, I like the fact that people are listening to Christmas music (as long as I don't have to listen to it all the time). I like seeing people with money to spend coming home with new TVs and IPods. Sometimes I envy them, but mostly I just admire.

This year I have to preach 4 times in December. This is a new challenge that I haven't yet faced. So to prepare myself, I have decided to reread The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancy. I am really enjoying it. I also intend to spend significant time reading the Gospel accounts of the birth. My thinking and preaching this December is going to ask one main question--this question was the theme of my last sermon--If Jesus was here today, what would He say to us? How would we respond?