Christian Sink

                                                  Christmas should we celebrate?   This not an article aimed at those are grieving, who are broken by the lost of loved ones and missing smiles and laughter of family and friends. There are reasons believers or those who celebrate Christmas in the past choose not to , Emotional and personal or there lives are in danger in the nations or families in which they live.    This is for those who loudly proclaim during this time and season that Christmas is a symbol of the pagan or even idolatry.  Some even claim it may even be Satan worship in disguise. This idea  thou hyperbolic in my opinion, could be partly true if the center and only part, of your celebration  is Santa , elves, the north pole and gifts :to the exclusion of Jesus Christ . If the lack of celebration is for reasons not person...

       It is the season to celebrate holidays: the winter solstice  the festival of lights  and for many the birth of the  baby Jesus.  Billions celebrate the birth of this baby. Fewer actually celebrate the real Jesus during this season.  The popular Christmas baby Jesus is silent. He is innocent, wrapped in cloth laid in a manager with a shining star overhead. He lay in the midst of animals , his parents and 3 magi kneeling with gifts. He does not speak or judge. He is the perfect symbol for many of spirituality without legal or moral demands.    In the movie Talladega Nights in one scene the stars are sitting down to eat and  get into an argument. They argue you may shocked to know about Jesus. Ricky Bobby the protagonist says  "I like the Christmas Jesus best when I'm sayin' grace." That would be the baby Jesus he speaking of the silent mostly inoffensive one. I say mostly because there are many who find...