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Merry Christmas!
May you have a peaceful day, filled with love from friends and family. Mine is shaping up to be anything but peaceful – but there will still be lots of love. Really, could I ask for anything more? Being human, I suppose I could. No need for details – I’ll save them for a future […]
Waiting on Christmas Eve
It is a time of waiting. Always has been. Christmas Eve. As a child we were waiting for the church service to end perhaps. Or for the snow to fall. Or for morning when presents could be opened. (We were envious of those whose tradition allowed them to open their gifts on Christmas Eve.) It […]
Reducing Christmas Stress
For many people, Christmas is a stressful season. It isn’t supposed to be. We just make it that way. I realized this week that I could reduce my stress by postponing some things until the new year. I canceled a meeting – and the other particpants thanked me profusely. They too were trying to squeeze […]
A Christmas Tradition
The emails from friends started coming at the beginning of December. The theme was the same: is there a new picture of Willow in the Christmas tree. Willow’s annual appearance in the tree has been popular here too. Last year though, we never caught her climbing the branches for a new snoozing place. We thought […]
A Time For Waiting
Today is December first, the beginning of the last month of 2022. Advent season started last Sunday. Despite the liturgical calendar, and that my family has already put up the Christmas tree, it doesn’t feel like Advent to me until we hit December It is a strange time of year. We humans aren’t good at […]
Christmas All Year Round
How many shopping days left until Christmas? I haven’t a clue. Nor am I going to look it up. But I know where to shop. Back in 2009 I discovered Käthe Wohlfahrt’s Weinachtsdorf (which I think translates into English as “Christmas Village”) in a visite to Rothenburg, Germany. I was impressed enough to snap a […]
2021 In Review: Merry Christmas – Christ Is Risen
We continue our look at the most popular posts of 2021 with this one from Christmas Day 2015. I understand the appeal of this one – without Christmas there would be no Easter. And without Easter Christmas would be unimportant. I’m not confused. I know it is Christmas – but the day would have no […]
Baby’s First Christmas
How do you feel about social media? About people living their lives, more or less, online? We can connect in so many ways that were science fiction not that many years ago. And with those connections has come a number of ethical issues that previous generations didn’t have to deal with. Much of what we […]
Reason For The Season
I was struck by this photo when I saw it online. It is a reminder at this time of year there is more to Christmas than a cultural festival featuring an old man in a red suit. The cross isn’t usually seen as a Christmas symbol. Yet it is the ultimate Christmas symbol. The birth of the […]
2020 In Review – Christ is Risen – Merry Christmas
Bringing Easter and Christmas together is something I like to do. They are a package, but our culture tends to treat them separately. What I didn’t expect was that my 2015 Christmas musings would be the second most viewed post here in 2020. I’m not confused. I know it is Christmas – but the day […]
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