Monday, November 26, 2012

Black Friday/Cyber Monday and Advent


          Did anyone else notice this? Mathematics did this for us. Because Thanksgiving (always the 4th Thursday of November) started so early this year, the weekend that follows Thanksgiving was not (as it usually is) also the first weekend of Advent. So, while Black Friday and Cyber Monday made their usual splash, many churches (mine included) were still wrapping up the pre-Christmas sermon series and singing non-Christmas songs. We don’t light an Advent candle or add any Christmas decorations until next week.
          Personally, I kinda see it as a symbolic separation between when (and how?) true Christ-followers celebrate Advent and how everyone else celebrates the American “holiday season.” What do you say us Christ-followers try to play out this separation even further, striving to keep Christ-likeness in Christmas?     

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