Also filed under “stranger than fiction,” today’s Sojo mail:

Reminder: Today is Buy Nothing Day! Tomorrow…

Dear Jim [I'm currently signed up as Jim Wallis, since they make you re-subscribe each time you visit the archives],

The Christmas season is always a busy one - full of competing messages that bombard you with great sales and must-buys. We at Sojourners support Adbuster’s “Buy Nothing Day” (observed on what is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year) as a way to reflect on our participation in consumer culture.

So, today, buy nothing.

But tomorrow…as you think of friends and family this season, send a great gift (at a modest price) that makes a statement! When you choose a gift from Sojourners, every purchase helps sustain our growing mission.

Today, stick it to the man and deliver a blow to the capitalist dogs!

Tomorrow, buy from us!

Good grief… sometimes the word hypocrisy just doesn’t say quite enough.