tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post7214515088652442219..comments2023-10-23T12:09:50.512-04:00Comments on Clergy Confidential: Advent BlendTim Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913584491460599491noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-69251187380227630172011-11-29T07:07:03.000-05:002011-11-29T07:07:03.000-05:00Wholly agree about Advent (and Starbucks). Thanks ...Wholly agree about Advent (and Starbucks). Thanks for the "Advent blend" suggestion. Not likely to be in a Starbucks to need it, but will adapt it to use elsewhere as the occasion requires from now to the 25th.<br> The phrase "corporate mandated holiday transformation," however, gave me pause: We Christians, after all, belong to the largest 'corporation' around--the b o d y of Christ--whose earthly administration has defined the calendar that we (and many in the secular world) follow, and that includes a mandate to devote these few weeks before the holyday of Christmas to (personal) transformation. The stores may be confused about the name of this season, and the results of their transformation may well be crass, but perhaps we should at least concede they're responding to the fundamental Advent imperative?Gaylordhttp://Clergyfamilyconfidentialnoreply@blogger.com