So today at church, my pastor gave a sermon on gift giving over Christmas. He pointed to the common problem of how to buy a present for someone who already has everything, or doesn't really need anything right now. The answer is so incredibly simple that we often dare not even consider it. Simply put, to the one who has everything, the best thing you could get him is nothing. Living within the zone of what alot of us like to consider "middle class", most of us already have more than we need, yet we constantly strive to accumulate more and more stuff. Perhaps it is time we started giving to those that really need it. So instead of exchanging gifts among friends and family who already have everything, why not spend that money on giving to the less fortunate? This saves you all the time and energy spent looking for stuff that neither party actually needs, and at the same time provides for people who actually are in genuine need. Of course this assumes that your friends and family don't measure your concern for them by the things you buy them in the first place...Sunday, December 11, 2005
Buy Nothing Christmas
So today at church, my pastor gave a sermon on gift giving over Christmas. He pointed to the common problem of how to buy a present for someone who already has everything, or doesn't really need anything right now. The answer is so incredibly simple that we often dare not even consider it. Simply put, to the one who has everything, the best thing you could get him is nothing. Living within the zone of what alot of us like to consider "middle class", most of us already have more than we need, yet we constantly strive to accumulate more and more stuff. Perhaps it is time we started giving to those that really need it. So instead of exchanging gifts among friends and family who already have everything, why not spend that money on giving to the less fortunate? This saves you all the time and energy spent looking for stuff that neither party actually needs, and at the same time provides for people who actually are in genuine need. Of course this assumes that your friends and family don't measure your concern for them by the things you buy them in the first place...
Friday, December 09, 2005
Room With Obscured View
A snow storm is raging outside now. I just walked back from a meeting with my professor who assured me that if I die on the way home, she'll still give me a grade. It's nuts! There's thunder and lightning too! Never seen that before... dunno how I will make it to Bible study tonight.