Saturday, December 20, 2008

Christmas Music...

I don't really like much Christmas music out there. It's not that I don't like the message of Jesus, or the warm happy fuzzy thoughts that Christmas music contains, but I often wonder: What is it about Christmas music that makes us think that we only have to get into, I mean really get deeply invested in the message of Jesus everyday?

This is a common argument, and I am sure you have all heard it before so it's not really anything breathtakingly provocative. But in a strange sense it is. Everyone would agree, even atheists and people who don't have any investment in Christmas from a religious perspective, that we should get away from the:
consumerism...
selfishness...
gluttony of spirit...
etc...
of what is typical of the Christmas season and get back to trying to be a person of character, charity, kindness, servanthood etc... on a daily basis. Everyone would agree that what embodies the Christmas spirit, should in fact be the spirit of life itself. That we should daily be striving to be the kinds of people who are giving of themselves and that we should always be living in a trajectory that seeks to build people up, not build ourselves up.

Just a thought...

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