"What Would Jesus Buy"

Hello Family and Friends,

At church this morning we talked about preparing our hearts for the Advent Season and celebrating the birth of Jesus. As an American I get frustrated this time of year because our cause and "reason for the season" has been high jacked by the vast consumerism that takes place. It is estimated that over 400 billion was spent last year on Christmas alone in the US. One of the ways that Imago Dei and our family has changed the way we celebrate Christmas is to give relationally and also give to our church who has entered into several partnerships across the globe to help those less fortunate ones during this season.

Rick also spoke of a new movie that just came out called "What Would Jesus Buy" http://wwjbmovie.com/ directed and produced by Morgan Spurlock who produced the hit documentary "Super Size Me". The movie follows The Reverend Billie from shopping malls and Wal Marts across the country to try and get people to stop shopping and spending money. It looks like a hit and something that is long over due for our culture of consumer's.

I am not advocating anyone to change what they are doing in their lives already for this Christmas, however I think we all have more than we need and there are still kids all over the world who don't have access to clean water. Jesus came to the earth and gave of himself relationally and this Christmas season when we celebrate His birth I want to give our money to those who don't have clean water or to a great non profit that is making a difference in our local communities.

More about Advent and Preparing your heart for the celebration of the birth of Jesus is here - http://www.adventconspiracy.org/ I highly recommend you all visit this website and get your local church's plugged into the program of giving a special donation this time of year. It's changing lives and whole communities in places like Liberia and Chile.

Merry Christmas


With Love -

Nathan and Melissa