Why My Church Stopped Decking the Halls
With the Christmas Tree at Panthers Stadium, Santas everywhere, and black Friday deals accumulating, we have ubiquitous reminders of the enormous consumerism at the heart of Christmas. Glittery rituals that have no biblical basis or meaning become a kind of alternative religion competing with Christ.
With this stark realization, one church began to rethink how it celebrated Advent and Christmas. Their worship services invited the congregation to join the hope of the poor throughout the ages, to let go of a life drowning in stuff, and to recognize the advent of our salvation in swaddling clothes. How might First Presbyterian Church Charlotte consider our Christmas traditions in a way that replaces holiday sentimentality with self-emptying service?
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