Product Description
This four-session DVD study invites us to worship Christ more meaningfully this Christmas by giving relationally to family, friends, and those most in need. Join pastors Rick McKinley (Imago Dei Community) and Chris Seay (Ecclesia) as we learn how to restore the scandal of Christmas by substituting compassion for consumption.
Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change the World?
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Good reading changes the way you look at what you spend your money on, when some could help the less fortunet around the world and in the USA.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book was provided by the Advent Conspiracy in exchange for a review.
When I was first reading this book I was going to title the review, Pack your bags we’re going on a guilt trip. The first part of the book is a screed against comsumerism and a guilt trip towards the audience. It feels like a really condemnatory sermon. The tone changes as the book goes on and paints a great picture of how advent conspiracy can change us, our family, our church and internationally. The more I read the more I liked the book, the book took on a more positive tone as it went on. The last two year the church we attend has taken part in Advent Conspiracy. Last year we spent less and donated to the charity our church was sponsoring to give clean water to people around the world. Overall this was a good book, I would like to see a more positive beginning. RRr
Rating: 3 / 5
A must read. What is the real reason to celebrate Christmas and how can we get back to that? This helps provides reasons how and why.
Rating: 4 / 5
The advent conpiracy is a wonderful reminder of what Christmas is really all about. What we can do as individuals to keep that at the forefront of every day during the advent season and the rest of the year too. Be a World changer
Rating: 5 / 5
I have known about Advent Conspiracy since mid- to late-2008, and found their ideas very interesting. Indeed, would we not be better off to scale back our Christmastime consumerism for multiple reasons? Thus, when I had the opportunity to read this book, I eagerly did.
It’s 150 pages, but reads much faster than that, because the book’s last 50 pages are supplementary materials (“letters from co-conspirators”, acknowledgments, a small-group study guide, and notes). The book proper is a brisk read which outlines AC’s origins and principles. Four of the chapter titles sum up the gist of the AC manifesto: Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All.
The book was a good and encouraging read with a clear message, if it was overall a little repetitive. I’ve given it 4 stars and would recommend this book on the strength of the ideas of Advent Conspiracy as an organization more so than on the merits of the book itself. However, the book is certainly a great introduction to AC and an impetus for rethinking how we celebrate Christmas.
[note: I was given this book for free by AC provided that I reviewed it on Amazon.com (to AC: sorry the review's so late!). However, AC made no rules about how well I reviewed it, how many stars I gave it, or anything else. AC is doing great things.]
Rating: 4 / 5