In keeping with the “all you need is lots more stuff” theme, I saw a commercial today for a television that was the newest, clearest, thinnest thing on the market. I have to admit, the thing looked really cool. The problem I had was at the end of the ad when the tag line appeared. “Change your T.V., change your life. I thought, “Really? That’s all it takes?” There are people so devoid of purpose that a flat screen image projector mounted on their wall will change their life? How boring is that? Where is the church in this? Why aren’t we answering the guy who thinks a T.V. is a life-changing thing with the gospel reality that things aren’t life-changing. Things aren’t eternal. Things burn. Things rust. Thieves break in and steal things. Children wipe greasy fingerprints on life-changing flat-screens every day and if we find ourselves talking about non-eternal, material possessions in terms of how they change our lives, we treasure the wrong things. This Christmas, run from this nonsense to the true treasure (Matthew 6:19-21).