Archive for the 'Christmas' Category

the post-modern diaspora

Thursday, December 18th, 2003

Christmas is a time of togetherness, a time of community, a time of gathering. Traditionally as one of the key Christian holy seasons, church attendance swells as fringe people join in to celebrate and reflect on this special time.
However, our experience in our new model congregations has been at odds with this. We […]

secularising christmas

Monday, December 15th, 2003

Religious leaders of non-christian religions are opposed to the current trend of secularising Christmas celebrations, for fear that they would offend non-Christians according to this article:

Amjad Mehboob, chief executive of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, said the push towards secularising Christmas out of fear of offending those of other faiths missed the point of […]