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The Imago Dei vision for Advent
I like this idea:
Herod's Kingdom (the culture in which Christ literally showed up) was once driven by the values of mass wealth, power of military force, greed, and personal gain. Christ enters this culture through poverty, weakness, dependency, and sacrifice. This is the biblical picture of Advent.
How does our current celebration of Christmas reflect this incarnation? That is, does our experience of the Advent season match the biblical values of the gospel? What would our Advent season look like this year if we intentionally chose to be a prophetic voice in our culture? How can we model the Advent story prophetically to our culture by the way we live and by what we choose to value? Can we actually celebrate Advent in a meaningful way that points to the story, that points to Jesus? These are the things we want to explore this Advent season as a community.
They are going to be "creating" gifts as opposed to buying them this season, then donating the money we save toward projects both around the world and at home. Check out a list of some of the projects here.
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ID continues...'God became poor so that we could be rich.
What are the social implications of this for us? How can we choose not to waste what we have but give it away in ways that meet significant needs of those around us? Can our gift giving feed hunger instead of greed?
God gave himself relationally.
First and foremost we desire to give gifts to each other this season that are relationally driven. We desire to learn what it means to give of ourselves and not just give stuff.'
Ahhhh-- to be part of such a church. It would have to first be a community though. Only genuine community holds the strength for such counter-cultural vision and follow-through.
I'm praying, looking, waiting, dreaming...