Walmart employee trampled to death by Christmas shoppers

A Walmart employee was killed by stampeding shoppers on "Black Friday."

I'm sure many of you have already seen this.  My prayer is that it causes many of us to rethink our hysterical addiction to consumption.  For people to rip a door off of its hinges, trample a man to death, and then complain when the store was being shut down because of the death -- all to "save money" by buying stuff -- seems to lend itself to only one explanation: the intoxication of consumerism.

May we have the compassion to love man more than money and the conviction to reject the sirens of stuff for the joy that can be found only in Christ.  May He be honored in our giving and receiving this season...