Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 3, 2024 – Quote for the Day:
“Today…we find the birth of Jesus sentimentalized and trivialized. The religious version of Christmas is packaged in a sentimental, fuzzy way designed to make us feel warm and nostalgic. You can buy that Christmas package in malls and stores and in many churches.
Take a look at the baby Jesus you see displayed in many storefronts, church campuses and in many suburban front yards – a little hollow, plastic Jesus with a little light bulb. A little, hollow, plastic Jesus is exactly what our consumer driven Christ-less religion fabricates and constructs for consumption by its followers…
But the first Christmas was far from warm, fuzzy and sentimental. It was a story of the reality faced by an unwed, pregnant teenage girl. It was a story of the dilemma faced by her fiancé, Joseph, who faced a moral crisis when he heard the news that his bride-to-be was pregnant. The first Christmas was life as it is lived – life in the trenches – life as most people experience it.”
Originally published in:
Spiritual Soup for the Hungry Soul, Volume 2
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