. . . Actually, it’s already here.
This movie looks pretty interesting. It’s an independent film and won’t be shown at the Rave anytime soon, but Market Street Cinema will be showing it this month.
What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!
I don’t feel like getting on the stump at the moment, but, truthfully, the whole christmas deal is pretty disheartening to me. A time of year that could be so sacred and renewing is a time of anxiousness, over-spending, selfishness, and just plain craziness. Anyway, I’m working through it. I need something to redeem it for myself. A tradition that will put things in their rightful place. Something simple. Ideas?
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I don’t really have any ideas, but I think it’s important for each family (you and your wife and daughter and maybe even the girls in the House) to have a tradition each year. My husband and I haven’t found one yet, but we have talked about it from time-to-time. Something just for us. No parents or other family members involved…something special that Sophia will fondly remember and maybe even incorporate into her own family when she grows up.
I get disheartened too and that’s why I like to shop online. But that just feeds the introvert within and doesn’t allow me to congregate with others. So…anyway, I heard on the radio that the documentary is sort of condescending according to Christianity Today. But I haven’t seen it for myself, so I wouldn’t know.
Hope the Bah-Humbug Syndrome doesn’t have hold of you for much longer!
I’m with you for a simpler celebration of Christmas. Just posted some thoughts about it on my blog if you want to take a look: http://bigolddaddy.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/navigating-the-holidays/#more-101
If left-leaning politics are not your cup of tea, don’t read my political posts. You might still enjoy the other stuff.
Blessings to you!
Tom
Confess your sins to Rev. Billy. Give the gift of presence. Yours. With family. That’s what we’re giving (plus the plane ticket).
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