Luke 2:1-20(NIV) In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
“Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Here’s a video podcast from Penn an atheist talking about a guy who stayed after a show to give him a Bible. You can tell he’s kind of at loss for words and offers some great insight on evangelism.
I forgot to mention that I got selected to be on Alltop.com in the church.alltop.com. Alltop is the creative venture of Guy Kawasaki and self described as an “online magazine rack” of popular topics.
Here is a great idea my sister pasted along to me that I thought was worth blogging about.
When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card
and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one
card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have
sacrificed so much would get. When you are making out your Christmas
card list this year, please include the
following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001
Over the weekend Darren Rowse posted on his new Twitter focused blog: Twitip.com a top 10 list of “must follows” for Twitter beginners and it inspired me to think social media and learning for youth ministry and who we should be following on Twitter and their blogs.
Here is a great idea my sister pasted along to me that I thought was worth blogging about.
Over the weekend 
