So it's been a long time since I've posted anything on this site. But I'll do better I promise!!! Famous last words of the many....

Anyway it's almost Advent, the time to prepare for the coming of Christ. I pray that this will be a season when I, my family and church (they're family too) will be deeply moved to be more like Christ.

So check out www.adventconspiracy.org this is quite the movement. I read a book by Rick McKinely one of the tri-conspirators of this movement called, This Beautiful Mess it's about the birth of the Imago Dei out in Portland I think. What I got out of this was that this small band of young followers of Christ wanted to start a new church but nothing really happened until they began to pray for people in their community in need of LOVE...

Isn't that what Jesus is really about. Did he not come to us because we were and are so desperately in need of a real Godly LOVE?

There is a whole lot of talk right now about approaching Christmas differently this year. You know, putting the Christ back in Christmas. There is even a new song going out on the net right now called Christmas with a Captial "C". It's a peppy song, no doubt about that, and there are parts that make sense, but I feel like it still misses the mark about Christmas. If you check out many of the comments underneath you'll see what I mean. There is a lot of anger there... from Christians. I think it makes us (followers of the Way) appear to be a bunch of angry citizens that yell and resent being told what they can and cannot do.

I'm not so sure that Christmas is so much about our right to say Christmas; rather, perhaps Christmas is about the rights of all humanity in need of love.

"Love God with all your heart, your mind and your soul... and by the way love your neighbor as yourself..." Yeah, Jesus said that.. Matt. 22:37-40. I'm sorry he's still saying that.

So may Advent this year about loving others. May it be about seeking justice and loving mercy, may Christmas be about preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and using words when necessary.
May we all conspire this year to LOVE those in need of LOVE.

May it bee filled with "C"ompassion for all

In Christ,

P. Bill