A "Blue" Christmas

I just had to tell you about a church service I went to yesterday. It was the most amazing service I have ever been to. It was called a "Blue" Christmas service. Have any of you ever heard of it? I guess sometimes it is called the "Longest Night" service? If you have never heard of it, like I had not, I'll explain it. Although everyone is welcome, it's mainly for those who do not feel joyous and jolly at Christmas time, whether it be because of a death in the family, depression, divorce, or multiple other things. So although none of these were the case for me, I went because Derek was going to sing. There only ended up being about 15 people there, but it was incredible. About 99% of the service was just silent time or just really quiet piano music, mainly just time for reflection, meditation, and prayer. The pastor only talked for about 5 minutes and Derek sang Untitled Hymn by Chris Rice, but like I said the majority was just quiet. It was just incredible, I can't even describe how it felt, but I'm sure you can imagine. Sadly we never have time to just be quiet and pray and reflect like I did last night. I wish more services were like that one. If you ever have a chance to go to a service like this or somehow arrange time like this, I highly recommend this. It's good for the soul :)

On another note, for any Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe fans...I went to a Lebanese grocery store today and saw Turkish Delight so I bought some. And I have to say it is delicious!!! (Not good enough to become devoted to the witch Jadis, but delicious!)