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Home for Christmas
Are you lonely this Christmas? Come talk to a mentor. In 1962 I was preaching in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was single and it was Christmas time. I was heading home to Michigan to enjoy the holidays with my family. It was an extremely cold day and it was snowing. The wind was howling out of the north, blowing thick clouds of fine flakes across...
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What is Advent? One of my fondest childhood memories of the Christmas season is...
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Coping with Loneliness at Christmas 'Tis the season to be … gloomy? Feeling low this Christmas season? ...
The Greatest Gift
What is the greatest gift you've ever been given at Christmas time? Maybe it was that new ten-speed bike at age twelve, or a highly prized trinket you received from a special someone that holds special sentimental value. In this video, Santa Claus (the patron saint of snowy holiday consumerism) suggests that the greatest gift of the Christmas season...
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Mend this Broken Sound
"Mend This Broken Sound" by the Junkyard Poets melds the melodic rhythms of a U2 pop song with a Christmas theme of hurt and pain. While often Christmas is a time of celebration and peace on Earth, when relationship problems overwhelm our thoughts it can be tough to find any peace of mind during the holidays. If you're finding it tough to celebrate...
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Did you have Christmas traditions when you were a kid? We had a few. They didn’t start with “everyone sitting by the fireside …” but they were ours and I loved them. My Dad used to hide six red robins in the living room and my brothers and I (well usually just my younger brother and I) would huddle together on the couch trying to find...
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