Koitin l\u00f6yt\u00e4\u00e4 John Wesleyn p\u00e4iv\u00e4kirjoista jouluaiheisen merkinn\u00e4n. En l\u00f6yt\u00e4nyt. Wesley oli joulunkin tien p\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 kiert\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 ja julistamassa evankeliumia. H\u00e4din tuskin joulua edes mainitaan.<\/p>\n
Aikamoinen kontrasti nykyiselle joululle, jonka mainostus alkaa jo lokakuussa ja viimeisi\u00e4 koristeita poistellaan vasta maaliskuussa.<\/p>\n
Millaistakohan olisi ottaa joulu tavallisena p\u00e4iv\u00e4n\u00e4? Sy\u00f6d\u00e4 tavallista ruokaa, olla saamatta lahjoja, tapaamatta l\u00e4heisi\u00e4. Aika ankeaa? Mutta ent\u00e4, jos voisikin viett\u00e4\u00e4 joulua joka p\u00e4iv\u00e4? Sy\u00f6d\u00e4 hyv\u00e4\u00e4 ruokaa, saada lahjoja, tavata l\u00e4heisi\u00e4. Aika hienoa.<\/p>\n
Mutta mik\u00e4 meit\u00e4 est\u00e4\u00e4? Voisimme vaikka uudenvuoden lupauksena p\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4\u00e4 kokeilla uusia, herkullisia ruokia, ottaa jokainen p\u00e4iv\u00e4 lahjana, millainen se onkin ja tavata l\u00e4heisi\u00e4 mahdollisimman usein.<\/p>\n
Kirjoitus on julkaistu Rauhan Sanomia – Nya Budb\u00e4raren -lehdess\u00e4 4-5\/2014.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Millaistakohan olisi ottaa joulu tavallisena p\u00e4iv\u00e4n\u00e4?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[75],"tags":[81,80],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ajatus","tag-arki","tag-joulu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p94Y9h-1C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104,"url":"https:\/\/veliloponen.com\/?p=104","url_meta":{"origin":100,"position":0},"title":"Pappi vastaa 2","author":"welzu","date":"20.12.2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Vaikka liha onkin uhrattu ep\u00e4jumalille, siit\u00e4 ei ole kristitylle mit\u00e4\u00e4n haittaa, koska oikeasti mit\u00e4\u00e4n ep\u00e4jumalia ei ole ja niihin liittyv\u00e4t hengetkin ovat alamaisia Jumalalle.","rel":"","context":"Kategoriassa "Opetus"","block_context":{"text":"Opetus","link":"https:\/\/veliloponen.com\/?cat=68"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102,"url":"https:\/\/veliloponen.com\/?p=102","url_meta":{"origin":100,"position":1},"title":"Pappi vastaa 1","author":"welzu","date":"13.12.2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Tietyll\u00e4 ajankohdalla tai perinteell\u00e4 ei ole pelastavaa tai kadottavaa vaikutusta. 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