Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change The World? (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
I was looking forward to this book and thought spring would be a good time to read it. I wanted to distance myself from Christmas so I could spend some time processing the points and planning for next year. I have to say that the marketing team for this movement did a good thing with the phrase "worship fully, spend less, give more, love all." The only problem is that it left this book to be little more than a long brochure for the movement. I didn't find much that sparked much more thought than the phrase I just mentioned. I also thought the chapters weren't well divided. The chapter headings looked like they would give good new information, but it was just the same points and types of personal testimonies all throughout the book. So while I'm behind the movement and think it is a great idea, I would have done well to read a brochure instead of the book. But at least it was a quick read. I read this for our women's Bible study in December. It was written by 3 authors, one of which is the pastor of my church. It discusses a concept of celebrating Christmas in a different and more biblical manner instead of buying into consumerism and getting lost in our current traditions and culture. Christmas should be about giving more but spending less, not going into debt for all the "perfect" gifts and helping others. We have been doing Advent Conspiracy for 3 years now and the book was helpful to clarify some of the concepts and to go deeper on the themes.
What do You think about Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change The World? (2009)?
Wow, total disappointment. I'd rather hang around with a few Mennonites!
—Aniramia
A MUST READ to put our lives back into perspective!!
—aryan
Really, really good, but really really short.
—Amu
