Cathleen Falsani has posted her thoughts on The Golden Compass. I encourage you all to take a moment and read the whole post. She questions the seeming paranoia that appears at this time of year. Some of us Christians spend our time hunting down detractors and not actually celebrating the season. It's a denial of the time, a role reversal in the story of Christmas. We become Herod and ignore the mother who needs a place at the inn.
Here's a particularly powerful quotation:
Christians would be better served telling and retelling the real Christmas story, without wasting time on brickbats and boycotts. Make big-budget films about it, write powerful books, make beautiful music and create enduring artwork that reflects the spirit of that story, the greatest ever told.And there you have it. Give it a read. Posted by tripp at December 18, 2007 10:59 AMJesus didn't get defensive about ideas and stories that paled in comparison to the one he was telling. His followers shouldn't be, either.