Comments on: Christmas: Do You Believe or Are You Just Convinced? http://leavethebuildingblog.com/2009/12/22/christmas-do-you-believe-or-are-you-just-convinced/ From the Leaders of The Well Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ken Eastburn http://leavethebuildingblog.com/2009/12/22/christmas-do-you-believe-or-are-you-just-convinced/#comment-300 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:46:49 +0000 http://leavethebuildingblog.com/?p=266#comment-300 Thanks for your response, Rick. It is true that there is much hedonistic activity surrounding Christmas. I would even argue that Christians are among the worst. But I don’t think the answer is ceasing to celebrate at all. We can celebrate Jesus’ birth and even give gifts to one another without our actions resulting in hedonism.

That’s why I’m grateful for folks like those at Advent Conspiracy who are helping to curb our consumerist greed.

]]> By: Rick Frueh http://leavethebuildingblog.com/2009/12/22/christmas-do-you-believe-or-are-you-just-convinced/#comment-299 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:35:26 +0000 http://leavethebuildingblog.com/?p=266#comment-299 It is in the “Christmas season” that even the most committed believers are unremarkable in their actions. If some religious people started an “Easter” celebration in September, and the world embraced and transformed it into a hedonistic festival, would it be God’s will for us to join in?

I enjoy your blog and your escape from buildings. I would suggest that an escape from the celebration of hedonistic days might be in the same vein as meeting in homes.

Rick Frueh

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