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2016 Worship Guide
December 7, 2016
A Lincoln Daily News Publication
So while I’m not necessarily proposing a
completely word-less Christmas I think we
could all benefit from a less-word Christmas.
As I write this I’m feeling a little hypocritical.
After all, here I am using all kinds of words
to try to tell everyone to use less words. It is
a struggle for me each year to try to squeeze
my thoughts here into 1,000 words or less!
But what if the words that we normally
associate with Christmas –
words like
peace, love, joy, and hope
were not spoken,
but lived. What if we translated them into
action? What if they became active goodwill
expressed to hurting persons? Needy
persons? Frightened persons? Persons with
opposing points of view?
And since Elvis Presley’s “A Little Less
Conversation” isn’t exactly a Christmas song,
this Christmas I’m leaning toward,
“Silent
Night”
instead.
God help us to talk less, love more, and
worship your amazing Son in word and deed!
Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth;
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.