The Search for Meaning
Robyn was angry and confused. She had just discovered that her much beloved roly-poly red robed Santa Claus was a marketing ploy invented in the early 20th century by Coca Cola to encourage consumerism. She was angry because she had been duped by the commercialization of what should be the most meaningful season of the year. She was... >Read More
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Marvelous Love
On a cold Christmas Eve in 1952, when Korea was in the throes of civil war, one young woman struggled along a village street, obviously soon to deliver a child. She pleaded with passersby, "Help me! Please. My baby."
No one paid any attention to her.
A middle-aged couple walked by. The wife pushed away the young mother and sneered, "Where's...... >Read More
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The Difference
When I think of Christmas, I often think of something that happened during my school-teaching days. The school I taught in was very old. It had fourteen-foot ceilings and huge windows. The kids who attended this ghetto school were tough, and they were extremely poor. Maybe that’s how they got to be so tough.
Determined to make it special
Christmas...... >Read More
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Keeping Christmas
In a world that seems not only to be changing, but even to be dissolving, there are some tens of millions of us who want Christmas to be the same....with the same old greeting "Merry Christmas" and no other.
We long for the abiding love among men of good will which the season brings…believing in this ancient miracle of Christmas... >Read More
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Christmas Revolutionary: What’s the Man got against Christmas?
“Merry Christmas!”
That’s what it says on the cards I send out every December. If anybody calls them ‘holiday cards’ they are going to get a harsh reprimand. It’s a Christmas card. I’ve gotten lots of cards that wish me “Happy Holidays” and some that convey sincere “Season’s Greetings”, but the ones I cherish are those...... >Read More
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All I Want for Christmas
Gifts. The wise men came bearing them, the Romans charitably gave them and our great- grandparents exchanged them. And yet, of all the Christmas traditions, this is the one I struggle with most. Obligation overtakes joy. Exhaustion halts blessing. And crankiness saps creativity.
What to buy for the person who has everything? Never mind the absurdity...... >Read More
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Home for Christmas
Are you lonely this Christmas? Come talk to a mentor.
In 1962 I... >more
In Search of the Christmas Spirit
The holidays can be challenging. If you need someone to talk to,... >more
What Do You Fear?
