What are Christians going to do now? The Christmas season is over. (Oh wait - please don't jump down my throat about the whole 12 days of Christmas stuff. Just go up to someone and say Merry Christmas today and check out the look they give you.) What battles are we going to fight? Where will our 'culture warriors' go?
The week before Christmas is supposed to be a time where we are in reflection about the Incarnation. In the midst of the busyness of the season and finishing the mandatory holiday outings for shopping, wrapping, and visiting, somewhere we are supposed to think a little bit about God becoming flesh for us and for our salvation. This can be a challenge but it's something that is important to me. I make it a point to 'not be busy' the week before Christmas. So while I am trying do this I am overwhelmed with Duck Dynasty. By the way - Go duck yourself.
I have friends on both sides of this issue. This is not a blog for that - we have been overwhelmed with hipsters and conservatives waxing all poetic about this already. My point is that as a younger generation Christian, I look to my elders with almost shame this time every year because all the ranting and raving about Keeping Christ in Christmas sort of stuff. Christmas is over. Did we succeed at keeping Him in it? Did we help people truly remember that Jesus is the reason for the season with all the annoying times we have to say that? Just stop.
What are we going to rant about now old timer Christian dude? Back to the same old stuff? It's like we don't have a platform in which to offer a genuine Christian witness or voice. The problem is that the whole manger in the town square argument is just ridiculous. Stop it, please. Can we actually be a people that looks to issues that are truly important. Now that we have been the cultural warriors for the season of Advent, Epiphany is upon us and we look to the light. What are you going to do with the light that has come into the world? What will your voice cry out? Justice doesn't have a season. It's always needed. Maybe we can give voice to something that really matters.
