When Holy Days Become Holidays: How Culture Hollowed Out What Points to Christ
When Holy Days Become Holidays: How Culture Hollowed Out What Points to Christ Every year I watch the same pattern unfold. The days that were meant to lift our eyes to God have slowly been turned into Hallmark moments — simplified, sentimental, and stripped of the depth they once carried. Easter, Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving… each one has been softened, commercialized, and repackaged until the spiritual meaning is barely recognizable. And honestly, it’s sad. Not surprising — but sad. Because every one of these days originally pointed to Christ. --- The Sacred Always Demands Something of Us Real holy days call us to remember, repent, worship, or give thanks. They require interior movement — humility, reflection, sacrifice. Scripture never treats remembrance lightly: “Remember the deeds of the Lord.” Psalm 77:11 “Do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19 But remembrance is costly. It asks something of the heart. So when a culture drifts from God, it ...