Christmas Articles
December 12, 2007 – 7:52 am | by Duncan
I’ve just published a couple of articles in Journey, the monthly magazine published by the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland.
Jingle All The Way focuses on the role of advertising around Christmas - how do churches respond? I look at ways in which companies have used the Christmas story - what some would call the secularization of Christmas. And then I look at how Christian organisations have used the festive season to develop a connection of good will with the wider community. My concern is that Christians can become possessive of the Christmas celebration rather than seeing an opportunity to build relationships of trust.
Cheryl Lawrie, of [Hold] This Space, has an excellent article in The Age, Melbourne’s newspaper, titled “Away with the Manger“, suggesting that churches not try and compete for popularity over Christmas.
My second article for the month told the story of our first Christmas after the death of our daughter Kristen, in 1992. Lloma and Ken Harnett, fellow grievers in Tokoroa, pulled together a team to host a Christmas Day lunch. I’ll post the article here shortly.
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