We all know that people in the south get crazy and stupid with even the smallest amount of snowfall on the ground, but closing church without any major accumulation? Can someone call Guinness to see if that is a new low? I remember back in 2005 when a father/son duo both with prominent churches in a major southern city made a radio announcement they had decided to cancel their respective church services on Christmas day so they (and of course their congregations) could spend Christmas with their families. Sure, family is important, but not having church the day you celebrate the birth of the reason you have church in the first place?

So here we are two years later and one of the above mentioned churches along with 770 other metro Atlanta churches closes its doors before the flurries really even had a chance to survive on the ground. I like what my pastor said,

“If the post office will deliver mail in any conditions, I think that we should have church no matter what. We have this notion in America that Christianity is easy, that it’s supposed to be safe. Tell that to the Christians around the world who are meeting illegally.”