Rev Bill

I have posted my sermon from yesterday on my sermon blog. A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent, it’s based on Micah 5:2-5(a) and Luke 1:39-55 — and entitled “What Are You So Happy About?”

Here’s a portion of it:

Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot…
But the Grinch, who lived just North of Who-ville, did not!

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn’t screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

I could continue – but I am sure most of you know that these lines begin the classic tale “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Theodore Geisel – also known as Dr. Seuss. Along with “Rudlolf The Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman”, and “The Little Drummer Boy”, “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” was one of my favorite animated Christmas TV specials as a child. I’d watch it every year – and would sing along with the fact that Mr. Grinch was certainly “A mean one…” I’m sure that if I began singing about how mean Mr. Grinch was most of you would join in. That particular song from “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” has become as familiar as Silent Night or Joy To The World.

You remember the story — high above a small town where people joyfully celebrate Christmas lived a creature known as the Grinch. He couldn’t understand what all the noise and singing and feasting and giving of presents was all about. Even after he sneaked into Who-ville dressed as St. Nick and stole all the presents from the Whos, he was dumbfounded to find that they still sang and celebrated. By the end of the story the Grinch experienced a sort of conversion – but Dr. Seuss still leaves a question unanswered:
Why is everybody so happy about Christmas?
Indeed – what are we so happy about?

Find out what you can be so happy about by reading the entire sermon here.

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