Culture

What if Retailers Rated Christians?

Let’s put together a website and offer the opportunity for retailers to rate Christians over against other shoppers this holiday season. Oops! I mean this Christmas Season. After all what is more important is that we use the right words than live in the right way.

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Follow You this Season of Advent

Many do not see the joy of life during this Season of Advent and Christmastime. Life deals harsh blows. Too often our surface relationships do not offer much hope or help and we simply acknowledge the trouble others face and move on. Much like the scene in James where … Continue reading

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Upside Down Tree – Right Side Up Celebration

“How do I subvert the message my children receive during Christmas?”

Shawn and I were chatting yesterday morning. For some time he found it helpful to only set out an Advent Wreath to subvert the consumer driven nature of the Christmas Season. Now with four children at home and … Continue reading

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When Jesus AIDS Others – World AIDS Day

aids-world-day“Do you see this woman?”

My cousin died of AIDS before we knew much about the disease. Emaciated and wracked by the disease he was a shell of his former self. He died in relative obscurity. No doubt his family felt stigmatized.

Several years later I would sit in … Continue reading

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Advent Conspiracy – Alternatives to Consumerism

Black Friday and Cyber Monday mark attempts to increase the bottom line for retailers. Early indications reveal more people opened there wallets and purses on Black Friday but short of last years average. We will see what is reported for Cyber Monday.

A couple of years ago we learned … Continue reading

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