is you.
Basically, anyway. Advent Conspiracy (AC) has challenged me quite a bit this Christmas season. While I haven't really bought any gifts in the first place, I've bought the ones I have with more careful consideration than I would have. I'm looking forward to the get-togethers with family and friends; to really enjoy the relational aspect of what AC is about.
But I think what AC made me most aware of is the mentality of Christmas for everyone else. Meijer ads on the radio surprise me, because I'm expecting to hear an AC message. Have you heard them? There are a bunch of different voices, and they go something like "I don't want ______" or this or that. I'm in the radio thinking YES! That's exactly it! We need to stop giving pointless gifts! when it switches into the punch line about buying a Meijer gift card, so that your friends and family can get what they REALLY want, like a gerbil. Really. I was disappointed. I heard another one today that was similar--it starts off with a message that sounds like AC, but ends up being materialistic. I guess it just makes me sad. And a little frustrated. Makes me not want anything for Christmas at all. I want Christmas to be about joy and life and about the Incarnation of Glory. It's pretty powerful stuff.
More later, now I have to study for phonetics. (I can't wait to be officially done with the semester on Wednesday!)
Merry Christmas.
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