Shane Claiborne shares his thoughts on re-imagining Christmas within the context of Christian worship and life on the God’s Politics blog. Please do yourselves a favor and read it.
Here’s an excerpt:
Instead of the usual holiday décor and clutter of the sanctuary, they brought in a bunch of manure and hay and scattered it under the pews so the place would really smell like the stank manger where it all began. I remember laughing hysterically as he described everyone coming in, in all their best Christmas attire, only to sit in the rank smell of a barn. They even brought a donkey in during the opening of the service that dropped a special gift as it mosied down the aisle.
Okay, so who has a donkey and a good supply of manure we can use for our March to the Manger service? (just kidding, folks!)
