Christmas is over

Christmas is over and now the clean up begins. Gifts must be put away, decorations must be put away, and all the weight you gained eating all the sweets must be lost.

But today, I want to ask about parenting children and teaching them the meaning of Christmas. My wife and I went to my parents house for Christmas Eve where there were 8 adults and 7 children. It became a Christmas gift mad house. Sometimes I think that I saw a body arise out of the chaos. There was gift wrapping paper flying everywhere as all the kids and most of the adults tore into their gifts without even looking at what they were getting, they just wanted the next gift.

The next morning as we were opening our family gifts at the hotel room, we asked our kids what was Christmas all about. In a resounding chorus (dolby digital surround sound) the both responded "TOYS." This would be OK if that was what we really believed, but for my wife and I, Christmas is not about the gifts, it is about the Birth of Christ and His gift to the world in the form of a Savior.

So the question is how do you teach young children the true meaning of Christmas without taking away all the fun of giving and receiving gifts?

Construction

Building a church means that sooner or later you will have to build. We are building right now, and as such, changes are happening in the admin building. This is making today a very loud and annoying day for anyone who has a headache... oh yeah, that's me...

What Grace Is This?

Let us flesh out this situation. You are sitting at work and hear that a plane crashed into a house in your city. You later find out that the plane crashed into your house. You mother, wife, and two daughters were killed. What do you do?

Me, I would probably me mad at everyone, at God, at anything I could think of.

Dong Yun Yoon asks for prayer for the pilot. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464729,00.html

I ask for this type of Grace that can only come from God.

Why Should I Blog

I bet people have asked this question over and over again. To be truthful, I don't know why I should blog other than allowing people to have a glimpse into what makes my mind tick.

Comment back and give me your thoughts on blogging and why we should do it.