Merry Christmas!!
I want to point out that since I have not been as crazy busy this year as I have in every single Christmas season for the past ten years or so, I have had more opportunity to reflect. I have been increasingly convinced that the amount of commercialism associated with Christmas is not glorifying to God. I also have to admit that my brother and sister-in-law might argue with me because (as usual) I bought quite a lot of "stuff" for their three (wonderful) sons.That said, I also want to point out that probably my favorite gift this year was a copy of the entire DVD set of BBC's series, Planet Earth. Have you seen any of the episodes of this amazing series? If not, you really want to check it out. They took cameras and crews to some amazing places all over the earth, in a National Geographic (albeit British) sort of way. The result is 11 hour-long episodes of some of the best cinematography that you could ever imagine seeing.
I watched the "Caves" episode with my mom this afternoon. I can't wait to dig into the other episodes over the next few days. Thanks, Karl & Danielle!!