The world is going mad - and I am close behind it.
It is being reported in the news that the choir of Arthur Bugler County Junior School were told that their pupils must not sing Christmas carols at Corringham Winter Festival because they did not "dovetail" with its theme.
The children, aged between seven and 11, had spent weeks rehearsing a concert of traditional Christmas songs to perform on the centre stage but just days before the festival teachers were told that the choir could not perform as the carols had a religious theme. The choir had sung carols at every previous festival but this year they were told it had to be no carols for Christmas! What utter, ridiculous madness!
Please don't get the wrong idea. I do not support forcing my beliefs on anyone, it's up to each individual to accept or reject Jesus, and they are free to celebrate Christmas or not. What I object to is keeping the trappings of Christmas while ignoring or rejecting the One Whose birthday it commemorates. As Tony Benson, chairman of the Festival committee, noted: "It is a fact of life that a lot of people have forgotten the meaning of Christmas." Well I say in response, there is no Christmas season without Christ.
I am all in favour of community events like winter, spring or summer festivals, but lets not confuse them with Christmas. Without Jesus, it isn't Christmas.
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