{"id":13788,"date":"2012-12-25T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=13788"},"modified":"2013-12-20T09:22:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T17:22:13","slug":"christmas-flashmob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/christmas-flashmob\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Flashmob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13790\" alt=\"Christmas Tree\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-tree-150x112.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-tree-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-tree-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-tree-570x427.jpg 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-tree.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>I hope you are having a wonderful, joy-filled Christmas season.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to add to your joy, I wanted to share a video which someone shared with me.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, I asked &#8220;<a title=\"Church Flashmob\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/flashmob-church\/\">What if Church was like a Flashmob?<\/a>&#8221; Here is another video along the same theme, which shows the joy that can be brought into the lives of others with a little creativity and courage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christmas Flash Mob by Journey of Faith at South Bay Galleria - official video\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vnt7euRF5Pg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I am not saying churches and Christians should go sing in malls. Instead,\u00a0Christians should be sources of spontaneous joy and delight in the lives of people we come into contact with.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, I think that flashmobs are a great example of redemption. They were <a title=\"Flashmob History\" href=\"http:\/\/iml.jou.ufl.edu\/projects\/fall07\/Picataggio\/history.html\">originally &#8220;invented&#8221; by some guy named Bill in 2006 to get people involved in &#8220;random acts of silliness<\/a>.&#8221; But some saw that flashmobs would also be a great <a title=\"Flash Mob Robbery\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flash_mob_robbery\">way to commit crimes<\/a>. If hundreds of people in one area all of a sudden looted from all the stores on one street, there wouldn&#8217;t be enough police around to stop them. But some groups, such as the one in the video above, are trying to get flash mobs back to their original purpose and intent &#8211; of bringing unexpected joy, surprise, and laughter into the lives of others.<\/p>\n<p>So what can you do this Christmas season&#8211;or in the year ahead&#8211;to show unexpected love to someone else?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I asked What if Church was like a Flashmob? Here is another video along the same theme, which shows the joy that can be brought into the lives of others with a little creativity and courage. 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