There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the phrase “Happy Holidays” versus “Merry Christmas”. I for one prefer to say Merry Christmas as I am a follower of Christ. However, the greeting Happy Holidays is not offensive to me. You see, it began innocently enough. It was a way to…
Read moreOne spring, after a long and icy winter, Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D., Director of Training National Empowerment Center, in Lawrence, MA, wrote the following: “It is springtime and hope is everywhere. It is springtime and it feels like all living things are trembling into being, still wet and new and…
Read more“Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.” I recall singing this song as a child, maybe in an elementary music class. Would you agree with me that sometimes this is not a peaceful time of year? It seems everyone is going so fast in a…
Read moreThe soft smooth skin, piercing cries, eyes squinting shut, curled up in a ball form of human life takes our breath away. That moment when a round woman suddenly becomes a woman and a suckling baby, when arms cradle new life bundled close to the heart-it’s a miracle. Tears prick…
Read moreWhen we think of joy, we tend to equate it with personal happiness – the delight we feel when things are going well or when we get something we deeply desire. But the joy found in scripture stems from something far different. It is “the fruit of a right relationship…
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