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By Richard Hamilton, December 20, 2008 4:36 pm

What would Christmas look like? from richard hamilton on Vimeo.

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By Richard Hamilton, December 16, 2008 9:51 am

Andrew Jones recently diverted from his all things emergent theme on Tall Skinny Kiwi to ponder whether or not the Magi wore mullets. Check it out.

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By Richard Hamilton, November 12, 2008 4:25 pm

The American Humanist Association is the most recent religious group to enter the arena of mass marketing. Just in time for the holidays, they have released an ad campaign much like the one backed by Dawkins in London, which was highlighted on epicdialogue a few weeks back. In a recent interview with FoxNews, Fred Edwords, a spokesman for the AHA said, “Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion.”

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By Richard Hamilton, December 8, 2007 2:56 pm

Christmas is fast approaching and it is easy to lose sight of what is important over the holiday season. It seems to be that more and more people are spending more and more money earlier and earlier in the year. I heard on the radio the other week that Americans spent 8% more this year on “Black Friday” then they did last year. It seems some people even go into debt to give the “perfect” gift. I wonder what our world would be like if people decided to spend less money on Christmas gifts and invest more time in the people around them.

I was in San Diego for the National Outreach Convention in November and got a chance to hear Rick McKinley from the Imago Dei Community speak. One thing he mentioned was the Advent Conspiracy. The basic idea is people spend less on Christmas, give relational gifts, and give their money to a good cause (in this case, making clean water available to those in need around the world).

Maybe instead of giving useless junk, no one needs as gifts this year; we can be a little more thoughtful and come up with meaningful ways to give.