A Quieter Christmas
Thomas Moore
December 21, 2023
Christmas can be a noisy time of year. You find yourself in stores crammed with people, and at home you may be surrounded by family members and friends.
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Thomas Moore is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, and twenty other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist, and today he lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, and psychotherapy. He has PhD in religion from Syracuse University, has won several awards for his work, and writes regular columns for Resurgence and Spirituality & Health magazines.
The Many Layers of Christmas
Thomas Moore
December 29, 2021
If you take Christmas to heart and get past the anxieties in arranging for gifts and parties, you will rediscover yourself every year at this time and experience a birth in yourself, just like the one so beautifully described in the Gospel stories.
Hold onto the Wonder
Thomas Moore
December 23, 2021
If you don’t have special times in your life that are liminal, that put the ordinary into eclipse, then you are condemned to a dull life of facts and predictability.
A Time of Profound Change
Thomas Moore
December 22, 2021
People usually think of Christmas as a traditional and sentimental festival, but not as a celebration of the Jesus vision it commemorates: a philosophy of profound reform.
The Turn of the Sun
Thomas Moore
December 21, 2021
Dark days can mean dark moods. This natural turn of the seasons helps explain the timing of Christmas. It is the festival of light, the return of the sun and longer periods of daylight.
Dark Days and Dark Moods
Thomas Moore
December 21, 2020
Dark days can mean dark moods. This natural turn of the seasons helps explain the timing of Christmas.
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