22 Comments

1. Rusty said,

   October 28, 2008 at 5:21 pm

   Our church is in, I ran the video on my blog last week. AC here we come.

2. Krysta said,

   October 28, 2008 at 5:46 pm

   freaking awesome.

3. ryan guard said,

   October 28, 2008 at 6:12 pm

   what she said.

   i’m all over this!!

4. Dale Best said,

   October 28, 2008 at 6:46 pm

   I work for a Christian radio station that broadcasts in Oklahoma City. I’m trying to convince our managers to take this up and doing it from the angle of a radio station.

   I hope we can talk about it.

5. Crystal Renaud said,

   October 28, 2008 at 7:25 pm

   i’ve been mulling over that statistic for a while now.

6. Eric said,

   October 28, 2008 at 9:23 pm

   Thank you for posting this

7. Kori said,

   October 28, 2008 at 10:06 pm

   Thank you for posting this - I have so many thoughts and a lot to process. This video really put so many things in perspective for me.

8. Ariel said,

   October 28, 2008 at 10:27 pm

   sigh …for a few weeks I’ve been feeling God meaybe leading me to tell people not to give me gifts or money for Christ-mas but to give to some sort of cause

   honestly, I’ve struggled with that because …well I like getting stuff and I could really use the money since I’m a recent college grad and full-time minister

   but this video …powerful. wow. it was like God speaking to me through the typo animation.

   awhile back we decided that our message series for our youth mid-week gatherings would be called “Christmas is forgiving”, and this would be a great way to end it - by taking a collection for clean water

   so all that to say …thanks, Anne

9. jason_73 said,

   October 28, 2008 at 10:48 pm

   Amen!

10. Anna said,

    October 29, 2008 at 4:37 am

    powerful.
    one thing i like about living in the netherlands is that there is no tradition of giving gifts at christmas. we just… celebrate. although, over the last couple of years people are starting to get into the whole gift giving thing and i don’t like it.

11. Tiffany said,

    October 29, 2008 at 7:27 am

    GREAT post Anne. Thanks for putting this out there!

12. Jeff said,

    October 29, 2008 at 10:42 am

    great video. i love advent conspiracy. every christmas, Jesus ends up doing something radical thru me (usually involving sacrifice on behalf of the poor) that I didn’t expect. I guess the incarnation is still happening…

13. Evan Weatherford said,

    October 29, 2008 at 11:08 am

    YEAH!!! i posted this on my blog awhile back. I think I’ll do it again now that the season is drawing nearer.

14. jud said,

    October 29, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    What about preaching the Gospel to people? I totally agree with the idea of skipping Christmas and giving to the poor GREAT IDEA but there has to be an emphasis on preaching the Gospel ! No, not dragging more people into a church building but sending the church out to preach the Gospel. How will they know unless they hear? They don’t know, they don’t hear, we don’t preach.

15. hmmm said,

    October 29, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    if necessary, use words…

16. jud said,

    October 30, 2008 at 12:44 am

    St. Francis said that and it is wrong. The GOSPEL saves people not my example, or yours or the churches good deeds.

17. lls said,

    October 30, 2008 at 7:39 am

    please don’t start controversy (comments above) God created each of us unique with unique ways of sharing the gospel. Some don’t need to speak; some can’t speak but can, by their life and example, bring more to the Kingdom than you or I ever will, Jud! And some need to speak. So use your gifting, and let others use theirs…and leave the judgement to the Lord where it belongs, please!

18. worshipfan said,

    October 30, 2008 at 11:41 am

    Freakin awesome…..just what I needed to hear!

    I’m in!

19. jud said,

    October 30, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    lls, exactly at what point did I judge anyone… I take that accusation as being, well… judgemental.

20. hmmm said,

    October 30, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    so how do deaf people hear? or people without language?

21. jud said,

    October 30, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    Well, sign language for the deaf and let me in on what % of the world’s population doesn’t have a language !!! I know the Wyclyffe Society probably is already on that. I refer back to the Great Commission, It doesn’t tell us to go to the suburbs, build elaborate campuses launch and publicize targeted mission efforts (nothing against missions) and try to lure people with clever marketing and felt needs series. In it Christ calls us as individuals to go OUT and preach the Gospel and make disciples.

    I really like the idea of Advent Christmas, but like so many other efforts the church dives into we treat the Gospel message as a powerless crazy Aunt that lives in the basement. The gist seems to be that if we can get the World to like us, then maybe they will like our Jesus.

22. Kristia Greer said,

    November 3, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Wow that video was AWESOME!!!! It goes along with what I feel God is doing in my family right now. I pray we can carry it through the holiday season!

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