The Gift of Giving
Posted by: Pastor Dave Lee | Sunday December 16, 2007
File under: Perspectives & Pleas
About a week ago I received a letter from someone named Matt Dalio of the Dalio Family Foundation. He was writing to encourage me to join him in a growing movement to make Christmas gift giving more charitable.
He lamented the runaway consumerism and materialism that marks the Christmas season. He wanted to find a way to nurture the beautiful practice of gift giving while without fueling the shopping craze.
His suggestion was that we ask our friends and family to give a charitable gift in our name instead of buying something for us. He suggested going to the web site www.redefinechristmas.org to find out more.
That site points to another site called www.justgive.org that makes it so easy to give an online donation to over 1 million registered charitable organizations. I searched and found that our good friends at GRIP were registered!
It may be a bit late for this Christmas, but maybe it would be a beautiful way to promote the true spirit of Christmas next year by starting early and getting the word out. Hey, I figure that means more time at home with loved ones instead of out at the mall amidst the craziness. Sounds very appealing to me...
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