Just over a week ago, before my speaking engagement in New York, I had the chance to see a good friend of mine present the Advent Conspiracy to his church.
Wait–did I just say “church” and Advent “Conspiracy?”
Yes, I did. Keep on reading, even if you are one of my many non-Christian readers. And keep on reading even if you are one of my Christian readers who think “conspiracy” doesn’t belong with Advent.
Still with me? Good.
The Advent Conspiracy kicked off in 2006. It’s an incredible movement that has now expanded to thousands of churches who are changing the way they celebrate this Christmas season.
Let’s face it. With the celebration of Thanksgiving, people are now in Christmas overdrive and for far too many, this means stress, frustration, financial woes, etc. etc. etc.
Advent Conspiracy changes this. I love the concept and the movement.
You can check out the promo video here.
[AC] Promo 2011 from Advent Conspiracy on Vimeo.
Even if you don’t go to a church…
Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas…
…we can all do this.
We can spend less money and spend more time with people. We can take that money that we would spend and donate it to a worthy cause.
I’m still going to buy gifts this Christmas, but I’m going to work to spend a lot more of my time with those that I love, and I’m going to do my best to give more to those who truly need.
I’m going to spend a small section at the end of each blog highlighting one of my favorite charities. If you have some I should also check out, please let me know.
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