Reforming Christmas: a serious confession and call to action

25. September 2010 by admin.

I’ve got some confessing to do.  I’ve woken up this morning with a broken heart, and I can’t shake it because I’m not supposed to.

I am a selfish, lazy man.   I know the world is a big place, and that technological advances in communication make us aware of all kinds of problems local and global, and I know that I can’t fix everything, and I know that because of this, some form of emotional callousness should be expected and allowable.  I can’t exactly afford an emotional breakdown every time an earthquake happens in Haiti (sounds bad, I know, but Haiti is still a disaster after all the money we sent), and I can’t go wearing a green ribbon every time some Iranian gets bulldozed by their government.   There’s just too much going on, too much to do, people are too far away, and the world’s got too much to complain about. Read the rest of this entry »

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