One of the more puzzling and
abnormal aspects of the Christmas season, at least to me, is that people seem
to be over scheduled. Just try to put together a meeting or work on a project
in December, and people have a ready response: “I’m just swamped getting ready
for Christmas,” they say. “Let’s do that after the holidays.” I hear this from
people who are church members as well as from people who are not. Apparently,
Christmas is an equal opportunity exhauster.
Maybe people feel that way
because we have not collectively done Advent well. Advent is supposed to be a
time of waiting, reflection, and penitence. It is a time for us to sort through
what is most important as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Rather than
rushing around, Advent calls us to stop and consider who we are and what we are
to be about.
-- Robert Kaylor in Come to the Manger
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