We've all said it at one time or another, "Let's simplify our Christmas this year." This is usually delivered in a somewhat plaintive tone with a look of hopeful dejection. Well, there's help.
Mark Earley writes in today's Breakpoint about a new book, Advent Conspiracy, that talks about five churches' efforts to move away from unlimited consumerism and massive debt at Christmas to a celebration more focused on the true meaning of the season. www.breakpoint.org/bp-home More helpfully, he cites a new website that is full of practical ideas of how to actually downshift our spending and ramp up our worship of God during the Christmas season. rethinkingchristmas.com/ Take a look and see if you can't take some small steps this year to put Christ back in Christmas.
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