the christmas odd couple

Before Felix and Oscar in Neil Simon’s ‘The Odd Couple’ there were the Shepherds and Angels that first Christmas Night. Never has there been a starker contrast between major players in any significant moment in history. Not since Almighty God himself walked through the Garden of Eden with the under-dressed for the occasion fig leaf clad Adam & Eve have there been such high society folk mixing with blue collar / red necked Joe and Joe-ette.

Think of it…

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The Angels from the Realms of Glory wing their flight over all the Earth, while 
the shepherds snack on ‘sheep jerky’ playing pull my finger jokes around the camp fire dressed and smelling like.. sheep. 

The Angel Choirs sing Hark.. and Glory to the new born king, while 
The Shepherds are in need of a SHEEP-PS (sheep positioning system) just to find this same baby Jesus. 

Even Floyd ‘The Least’ looked high society in comparison to this motley crew of sheep flock watchers.

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Of course that was then.. this is now. Meaning, CHURCH is still such a strange collection of odd couples. 

Pentecostals, Baptists, Catholics, Lutherans, and ... those like me who ‘claim’ to be non-denominational.. aka denominational mutts.

So if Angels and Shepherds could unite in worship 2000+ years ago that first Christmas night, I think all Christians from the Holy Rollers to Baptists in need of Bran should worship the birth of Jesus this year.

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If you are a high church kind of guy or gal, or if you call dressing up wearing a clip on tie on your best flannel shirt. If you raise your hands in worship, dance in the aisles, speak in tongues, baptize in an ocean, have bingo in the church basement.. we are all a part of the same church body. 

May we unite our intentions and energies to bring Glory be to God this Christmas season! Love God, and care for others this Christmas.. the rest is just details.

Christmas Blessings

Jeff

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