I was wrong?
Last week, I did something I thought I would never do, but I guess I was speeding toward since I started this blog. I started at a USA Today article about a bishop (Nick Baines) that supposedly “slammed” Christmas carols in a recent book. Judging by the wording of the article, along with the title of the book (which was suspiciously missing it’s sub-title) Why Wish You a Merry Christmas, I assumed that he was another one of the bunch of crazies that look to profit off Christmas by stirring up controversy, then fading into the background.
Boy, was I in for a surprise.
Almost immediately after the post, I got a message from the author, which you can read by scrolling down a little bit. I don’t feel like copy-pasting the whole thing again.
There, now that you’ve read it, you can understand why I was so embarrassed. With no other knowledge of the book than a news article, I attacked the author. Turns out, USA Today never contacted Nick– and left out what I consider to a very important piece of understanding the meaning of this book, the sub-title. What matters (and what doesn’t) in the festive season is actually a book that (after more research) I can say I recommend to any and everyone who can get their hands on it. And again, my apologies to Mr. Baines.
Tags: Apology, Arguments, Church, News, Society, Subliminal design
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