Substituting Semblance for Substance

As we approach the year of our Lord 2010, we celebrate something called Christmas where the substance of the celebration in the birth of a Saviour who is Christ the Lord has been almost completely removed. We have just finished the season of Thanksgiving where the substance of the focus is upon what we are thankful for rather than the God to Whom we are thankful. We have elected a new President on the basis of a promise of CHANGE without any substance of detail as to what that change involves. We have an ever evolving religious scene that emphasizes unity without any substance to a basis for that unity. We have become the Balloon Generation; all puffed up and looking large while in reality we are full of nothing but hot air.