Chris's Musings

Did you know that the return of Jesus is scheduled on May 21, 2011? No? How did you know, you may ask me? I saw it on a billboard on I-10 in Louisiana. And you know, interstate billboards like much of the internet, can't be wrong. Well, you know that roadside marketing and internet blog pages (not this one, mind you :) ) are full of interesting stories, and you can't believe everything you read. But, just because I was curious by the fearless prediction and the fact that some person or some group of persons thought it was important enough to spend money to advertise on a billboard, I decided to Google "May 21 2011" just to see what was going on with this, and which "prophet" or group was propagating this thing.  Turns out, like the whole "2012" Mayan calendar thing, someone had done a "Biblical" calculation based on some scriptures pulled out of context (my opinion), young earth theoretical dates, and some extrapolation of ra

Another Christmas has come, and will soon be gone.  Another season of feasting and celebrating with family and friends.  Another day of the eager and giddy ripping open of presents from Santa and from loved ones. Another season to manically rush through the busyness of celebration. Another season to wonder "did I get the perfect gift?" Another season to pause.   And in that pause, I hope that we reflect on the reason that we're celebrating this day in the first place.  It's easy to get lost in our culture, our hustle, and all of the expectations of the season that one day about 2010 years ago, give or take... something happened in a marginalized part of the world, to the most unlikely cast of characters, in a very inconvienent set of circumstances... that changed the course of history and if we fully embrace the promise that comes with the coming of Christmas, the course of our lives.   On that day, a baby was born.  That baby was Christ the Lord.  Who was God, and ha

First of all.. Merry Christmas! It's been really fun this year to celebrate this season with a lot of different groups of friends, in many different settings.  The Christmas season is always a great time to see old and new friends and catch up in many ways. You know, at a lot of these events I see people from church and in a "party" context you see them in a different context then you see them at church.  It's not about what they're consuming, but more about the character of what's flowing out of their actions when I see them.  I say this and hope that I'm speaking with integrity on this because I know that I'm not by any means a perfect follower of Christ myself, but it's almost as if I'm seeing a person that has left Jesus at Buckhead Church and leaves Him at the door and does their own thing at the party.  In many cases, I'm actually a little shocked because I've heard some of their stories and believe with all my heart that God