Sermon prep a few weeks ago (re: "Unplugging the Christmas Machine"... you know, disconnecting from that which deludes and distracts) had me coming across a video -- a trailer to a movie about Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.
Was all prepared, in fact, to run the trailer as a video clip in support of my sermon. Technical difficulties precluded it ever being seen by the masses.
Some considered the breakdown an act of God -- sparing me an embarrassing moment in worship! I'll leave that for you to decide here, now...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
I Wish You a Mary Christmas!
Video I made for "Faces at the Manger" Series at Strawbridge... and, more particularly, focus a few weeks ago on Mary.
Brian Bate's song is so meaningful.
Admittedly, I felt a certain pull to the Judy Garland clip at the beginning. Of course, there was/is her singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Beyond that, though, there's the reminder of a tragic life that looked so "merry" on the outside but, oh, so hollow and pained at deeper levels -- the kind of soul that Jesus came to rescue.
May God bless us all with a Mary Christmas -- even as we are mindful of the brokenhearted and downtrodden!
Brian Bate's song is so meaningful.
Admittedly, I felt a certain pull to the Judy Garland clip at the beginning. Of course, there was/is her singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Beyond that, though, there's the reminder of a tragic life that looked so "merry" on the outside but, oh, so hollow and pained at deeper levels -- the kind of soul that Jesus came to rescue.
May God bless us all with a Mary Christmas -- even as we are mindful of the brokenhearted and downtrodden!
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