last night I sat down with some teenagers and we read through the Christmas story.
I asked them the question, “what does this story teach us about God or about Jesus?”
here are some responses:
- God sent angels to the outcast of society (the shepherds)
- God decided He’d be best represented in this world by being born inside of an unmarried teenage girl.
- God was born homeless
- Jesus was of both earthly and heavenly “royal blood” (line of David and God’s son)
Funny, this is exactly what we’re doing tonight.
@nick. that’s not funny, that’s very serious.
@seth. thanks. I’m glad you asked (you asked right?) why this is such a “me” centered blog. For 2 years I blogged under a blog entitled “ramblings of passion.” It gets frustrating blogging under a misleading name. These are just my thoughts. They aren’t the thoughts of a youth pastor, or of a ministry, or of christians in general. Therefore, I thought it’d be best if I were solely identified with them. That way, when people think what I say is heresy, it is just me that is the heretic. When i say something encouraging, they know it is from a real, living, breathing human with a name that they are hearing from.
I know, sounds self-absorbed on the front end, but in the end, I think it is an accurate representation that I, adam lehman, am a real person who has a blog that flows from my head/heart/experience.
thanks for asking
Yeah, how dare you use YOUR picture and YOUR name on YOUR website.
Here’s what my 19-year-old sister understands about the Christmas Story (specifically Jesus’ birth): not much.
After growing up in a Christian home for 19 years and reading the Christmas story at least once a year on Christmas morning, she only now this year learned that Mary was a virgin.
I always suspected she never paid attention, but not to this extent.
I was flabbergasted at the least. Non-Christians know this. Atheists know this. It’s incredibly sad with a small side of funny. Because her reaction? “How does that work? She can’t be a virgin!”
Anyway, I saw this post and thought I’d share.
Thanks for sharing the story Talli.