Why Christians shouldn’t feel guilty for watching reality TV

After a rough year, Chine McDonald is looking forward to some escapism this Christmas

This year has been a lot. The scale and frequency of horrors and atrocities feel wrong but have also started to feel familiar. I have spent much of the year in a heightened state of anxiety. With every ‘breaking news’ alert on my phone, I brace myself for more catastrophe. I have tried to pull myself together and remember the refrain delivered to Mary and Joseph and those who came to worship the infant Jesus: “Do not be afraid” (Matthew 1:20, Luke 1:30, Luke 2:10).