Giving the Gift of Jesus

Oh, goody, look what I'm getting for Christmas!

Christians, Jews, Muslims and others in 35,000 Charlotte households are getting a surprise Christmas gift: A DVD on Jesus.

The DVDs are due to begin arriving this week in homes in 16 ZIP codes, a gift from a Christian campaign determined to mail the "JESUS" DVD to every home in Mecklenburg County.

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The local campaign has raised more than $130,000 to distribute the DVDs.

Now, different groups raise money for all sorts of things, and I'm certainly not passing judgment on the motives of those people involved in this particular project. But it does seem to me that there are a lot of things more important than making sure that everyone in Charlotte has a Jesus DVD in their mailbox.

So during this holiday season, regardless of what else you do, please remember to give a little to help those less fortunate. There are people in this community who need a hot meal and a place to sleep a lot more than I need a video I'm never going to watch.