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The clock just struck Christmas here, and a song by the goo goo dolls is playing in my head.
And you ask me what I want this year And I try to make this kind and clear Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days Cuz I don’t need boxes wrapped in strings And desire and love and empty things Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days
So take these words And sing out loud Cuz everyone is forgiven now Cuz tonight’s the night the world begins again
And it’s someplace simple where we could live And something only you can give And that’s faith and trust and peace while we’re alive And the one poor child that saved this world And there’s 10 million more who probably could If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them
Regardless of what day Christ was really born on, today we celebrate a moment that changed history forever.
But really, shouldn’t every single child born make a mark on humanity?
Is there a way we can see the hope of salvation resting in every person we encounter, without devaluing Christ?
All across Canada today, people are sleeping in and lighting up their BBQ’s for dinner with friends and family.
Supposedly only 22% of people believe there is any historical significance to this day at all.
It’s odd that in a country as multiculturally diverse and independent as Canada, we would have a day dedicated to the birth of a foreign queen who has never stepped foot on our soil. From what I understand even the British don’t have a national public holiday for the Queen’s birthday.
Yet we all love our long weekends, so it’s a tradition we love, even if it’s origins are irrelevant to most of us today.
I wonder if this is how people feel about Christmas. The celebration of some ancient and foreign King who has never touched the soil of our hearts remains a mystery… but we sure do love the shopping deals.
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.)
