{"id":74,"date":"2009-12-01T21:03:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T21:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/12\/the-reel-meaning-of-christmas-1.html"},"modified":"2009-12-01T21:03:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T21:03:24","slug":"the-reel-meaning-of-christmas-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/12\/the-reel-meaning-of-christmas-1.html","title":{"rendered":"The Reel Meaning of Christmas (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#039;m back from vacation and looking forward to my Advent sermon series: &#160;The Reel Meaning of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>We&#039;ll be watching <em>A Christmas Carol,&#160;Miracle on 34th Street<\/em> and <em>How the Grinch Stole Christma<\/em>s together as a congregation on Friday evenings and then my sermons will be base on themes drawn from the movies. &#160;<em>It&#039;s A Wonderful Life<\/em> will be covered during our Christmas Eve service of Carols and Candles.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ll blog through the series as well.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#039;s get started, <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em> assumes you know what Christmas carol is being referred to. Do you know what the christmas carol of <em>A Christmas Carol <\/em>is?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#039;m back from vacation and looking forward to my Advent sermon series: &#160;The Reel Meaning of Christmas. 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Author of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith (Zondervan) and the upcoming, Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (2011). Founder of Project 127, a ministry dedicated to seeing the day when there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado's foster care system. Robert deeply desires to see the body of Christ mobilized to serve the least of these. The poor, the down and out, the disenfranchised and disabled, those deemed unimportant and the unborn. He believes that God loves all people yet he has a special heart for the poor and the poor in spirit, the miserable and the marginalized. A Contributing Editor for Leadership Journal and Urbanfaith.com. He acquired a B.A. in Bibilcal Studies from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Arts in World Christianity (Missiology) from Denver Seminary. Robert is married to the love of his life, Barbara, and they have six energetic children (3 boys &amp; 3 girls--one bio, five adopted--two from Ethiopia). 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