Posted by Addis Andy on Dec 25, 2009 in
Nonsensical Junk Thanks to everyone who attended our Christmas Eve Celebration. This year we tied the whole service together with some poorly written poetry that told a version of the Christmas/salvation story, and I can say poorly written… because I wrote it.
I’ve been a asked a couple of times where to get it, so, I thought I’d make it available here at the CrossEyedLife.
It comes in five sections as a progressive story and many thanks to Sam Wilk who narrated for us… great job!
THE NEED
Dark and barren, a formless void
Our universe an empty nothing
No light, no warmth, no life to be enjoyed…
Tags: Bible, Christmas, faith, Jesus, Luke 2, poetry, thanks
Posted by Addis Andy on May 18, 2009 in
Philosophical Ramblings I’ve spent this past Monday afternoon with a couple hundred grade schoolers here at Venue 302… yeah, day off!
Actually, it’s been fun. They are being rewarded for making their end of the year reading goals by getting the afternoon free from class and kicking back to watch a movie here at our facilities. So, with popcorn and cookies in hand these kiddos sat down to watch The Tale of Despereaux.
I had never seen it, kinda cute.
As the movie was getting underway and the plot was setting up, the ’stinger’ line is given: “A hero never appears until the world needs one”.
Enter title character Despereaux.
A great little movie about bravery, hope and the little guy making it big. But, I started thinking about the premise.
Is it true? Do heros wait to appear when they are needed? Do circumstance create our saviors?
At first, there seems to be some Biblical support for this. Galatians chapter four says:
4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
Just looking at this verse it appears that God waited to send Jesus until we needed Him, but that can’t be right…
If that logic were correct then it would mean humans hadn’t pegged out the sin meter unil 2,000 years ago, and there was no need for a Savior until Jesus actually made the scene at the BC/AD split.
Tags: Bible, Galatians, growth, heroes, history, Jesus, movies, Tale of Despereaux, theology
