More Freedom: Social Justice in a Season of Consuming

As people of faith, we are called to stand as a counter-sign to the world. And during the Christmas rush, part of that means setting up some good old-fashioned, value-driven limits in a season that can feel like a rollercoaster gone haywire.

Oh, 2016.

Each year I assume (or hope . . . or pray!) that it will be THE YEAR. The year that our family will slide into Advent in a calm, organized, thoughtful manner.

If it’s Good Enough for Baby Jesus…

BY NIKI JOHNSON | December 13, 2016 ...then it’s good enough for my kids. Well before procreating, my husband and I had discussions about how to curb the consumer Christmas mentality within our family once children came along. In 2009 we…