Minute Meditations
The Stories of Christmas
Whether it’s the Christmas story in church, the family stories we tell around holiday tables and in gatherings with old friends, or the Christmas movies we watch each year, there’s something about the telling of familiar stories that holds a special magic.
Always Our Children
We know how fragile newborn life can be. And we know that these tiny lives can still be lost, even with all the technological advances of our own century.
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The People Who Walk in Darkness
The holidays can be extremely difficult for people for myriad reasons. The loss of loved ones, loneliness, mental health issues, being far away from family, and working long hours in jobs that don’t slow down because it’s Christmas are just ...
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Hold onto the Wonder
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.
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A Time of Profound Change
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.
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The Turn of the Sun
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.
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We Are Not Alone in the Dark
Darkness is necessary. All life germinates in the dark and we spend fully one half of our lives in that state.
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