More on the Holiday Season

I agree that helping those in need and remembering to be thankful for those around us has been a more and more forgotten aspect of the holiday season. With all the deals and sales that capitalist America has come up with, holidays like Christmas have become very commercial. few can see this evident in the fact that at least one Wal-Mart employee is killed every holiday season. Especially now with Thanksgiving just around the corner it is important to remember those less fortunate than ourselves. Maryville University as a community has a philanthropic mission through the Maryville Reaches Out program. Like Adriana said though, it is important to keep things reasonable.

For example my church (St. Louis Family Church) has a food drive going on where you can spend eighty dollars to fill a couple of grocery sacks full to give a local family a nice Thanksgiving. It is a reasonable price and if you don’t want to give the full amount there are envelopes in for the offering where you could label it “food drive” and just put in like ten bucks or something.

Speaking about the true meaning of the holidays this reminds me of Albert Pujols’ campaign to bring Christ back into Christmas. Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All is the message for his campaign. He wants to remind people that above all else Jesus Christ is the most important part of Christmas, not finding sales or filling your Christmas wish list. You can check out the story at KPLR11.com.

I know you guys have probably heard this a lot and I don’t mean to sound cliché when I say this, but this holiday season, no matter what you celebrate or if you celebrate, I would like to encourage you to reconnect with family and friends as well as renew your faith.

And don’t get me wrong I don’t mean to shove gospel down anyone’s throat but for me Christmas is a big deal. Not because of the presents (even though they are great), but about the coming of my Savior Jesus Christ. He came not to be served but to serve, to seek and save that which was lost. Here is a cool video that means a lot to me, I hope you all enjoy it.