My Holiday Tree

While spending late last night relaxing with friends, watching movies on tv and channel surfing, we came across a discussion about the Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas controversy. Here's my take on the whole subject: call it a Holiday Tree if you really want. Holiday is no different from Christmas - it means Holy Days, the Holy Days of Christmas. So it all means the same to me. It's a lot like people changing from B.C. and A.D. to B.C.E. and C.E. Both sets revolve around the same exact point in history - the birth of Christ (or close to it). So I really don't see why you would change to B.C.E./C.E. I also don't see why you would change Merry Christmas, because Merry Christmas is more nostalgic and has a more cheerful sound.

Not So Good

I've been reading some really good books lately. Mainly, C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. But I have been reading Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper and don't like it so much. I have been told that I am "turning Baptist" but I think I've always been a little Baptist since I was first introduced to Christianity through a Baptist church. I'm not sure what I don't like about Piper's book, but I guess I thought it was this amazing work, and I was let down. It is not completely bad, but it's just not something I am planning on reading again soon. Just my thoughts.

Idols

So we say we don't have idols, that we don't worship anything other than God. But, what if Jesus came back today? How many of us would be upset that we wouldn't get to watch the next episode of our favorite TV show or listen to music on our iPod? Just recently I thought I would have been very upset if I no longer could listen to my iPod or CDs, but now my perspective has changed.

However, I probably do put too much stock in my guitar. I love playing, and I can feel God working through me whether I'm playing "worship" songs or not. So I try to justify that, and maybe I should, maybe I shouldn't. But what would you be upset about not getting to do if Jesus came back...right now?