A few weeks ago our pastor mentioned an article from the Wall Street Journal in his sermon entitled "Mad Max and the Meltdown: how we went from Christmas to crisis." It's main point is that as we as a country are refraining from religion more and more (he used the example that we are afraid to even say "Merry Christmas" anymore for fear that we may offend somebody) we are causing our own economic downturn. The morals and values taught by religion are erased so there is no conscious or morality to stop us from becoming self-centered and self-serving. (It's not explicitly promotion to Christianity and there is no mention of Jesus Christ, but it does seem to be the religion he's pointing at.)
In any case it got me to realize that even I don't say "Merry Christmas" anymore. This was not a concious decision it was just my attitude towards it. I wasn't afraid of offending anyone it just seemed like a why bother- it doesn't really mean anything anymore. That's not true at all. We need remind people about Christ and plant the seeds everywhere, because we don't know how it builds on other people, and Christ uses us as His voice to others.
This has caused me to conclude that I need to start wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and change my attitude toward Christmas.
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