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When he’s not at his job as a faith-based addiction counselor, Chris Anderson sometimes dons 
flowing robes and a thorny crowns, picks up his cross and walks up and down a busy Coeur d’Alene street. Anderson told The Coeur d’Alene Press that it’s part of his personal crusade to remind people that Jesus’ birthday, not the jingling of bells, is at the heart of the celebration on Dec. 25. Anderson said most people have reacted positively, waving as they drive by or stopping to chat. He said only a few have shouted at him, but he’s prepared: Under the thorny crown, Anderson is wearing headphones and listening to music. “It sounds cuckoo, I know,” Anderson said. “But once I took that step, it made so much sense”/Associated Press. More here.
Question: Have you seen Chris Anderson carrying a cross along a Coeur d’Alene street? Does it remind you of Jesus’ birthday?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Cindy_H on December 03 at 6:40 p.m.
CA is an awesome SR photographer. Gosh. I love his work, and you know I’ve been on many assignments with him, but never noticed the cross!
Uh.
Maybe this is a different Chris Anderson?
marmitetoasty on December 04 at 7:11 a.m.
I must of been wellabit tired this morning when I reading the heading of this LOL
I read…Man carries cross as reindeer………. I thought…. thats well daft :)
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Liz on December 04 at 9:34 a.m.
I was trying to figure out if he was attracting people to Jesus or helping fuel the notion that Christians are nutjobs. I was also wondering if he might be mentally ill.
Now I know. Still not sure it’s a great idea. And I AM a Bible believing Christian.
Digger on December 04 at 9:47 a.m.
C’mon Chris… get off the cross… someone else needs the wood.
IdoDave on December 04 at 4:16 p.m.
Puhlease! Christ recommended feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, tending the sick. I don’t remember anything about “haul lumber around and attract attention to yourself.”
Homebuilder on December 04 at 4:32 p.m.
Christ’s primary directive was to pretend to be Christ like a Halloween costume. Pretend is fun!