joy_large.jpgI love the whole concept of the Advent Conspiracy!  In so many ways we have allowed values not in line with following Christ to “take over” the Christmas season.  The vision of the Advent Conspiracy is simple: Worship More, Spend Less, Give More and Love All.  If it’s too hard to go cold turkey, how about starting small.  Cut back a little.  Last year we began giving goats to people… well, OK, not the physical goats, but many people we knew didn’t really need anything (including myself), so instead of buying more stuff to sit in a closet someplace we donated goats in their honor through Heifer International. It was so much fun we plan on doing more this year.  The main thing is to start someplace and allow the meaning of Advent to shape your life, rather than commercialism shaping the meaning of Advent.