Stuff Week Three - "The Worst Thing Jesus Ever Said"
This week I am continuing the sermon series, "Stuff: Are the Things We Buy Killing Christmas?" Over the course of the last two weeks we have determined that we have a problem with stuff, and that we need to get rid of our stuff. Stuff, it seems, is getting in the way of our truly celebrating Christmas with Christ at it's very center. For the past two weeks my family and I have been practicing "The Big Giveaway" during this season of Advent . We have given away 5 things a day since December 1st. If you do the math, by Sunday we will have given away 55 items a piece. There are four of us, so (55 times 4, carry the one, subtract something) that means that we piled up 220 items. The truth of the matter is that there will be more than 220 items on the pile that I am planning on bringing to church on Sunday. Because I discovered that I had way more stuff than I thought and while I was sorting through items, I decided to give a little extra. It doe...