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Before we took down the tree each year, Dad would always say a prayer that we would be together the next Christmas. I cling to that prayer, which serves as a reminder that it’s important to be grateful in the present for the people you love because, well, you never know. Catherine Hicks Meditation: SometimesContinue reading “For Everything There Is A Season…”

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens Meditation: In Germany we are celebrating a second Holiday of Christmas, while in the US life often goes on as usual and Americans have to return to work. However, one day of Holy Day cheer is not enough.Continue reading “Keeping Christmas With Us…”

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. Andy Rooney Meditation: Christmas is about God coming into our messes and arriving in our lives no matter what. Thus leaving the living room after the gift opening inContinue reading “God Comes Into Our Messes No Matter What…”

God is dead not because He doesn’t exist, but because we live, play, procreate, govern, and die as though He doesn’t. Charles Colson Meditation: Christmas Eve is the story of God being born to a young mother who had no place to put him but a manger. Many people who usually do not come toContinue reading “God Is Being Born…”

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in giving that we receive. Francis of Assisi Meditation: There are persons in our life who just cannot admit that they were wrong and ask us for forgiveness. Either their shame or their pride hinder them from doing so. (And sometimes long festering deepContinue reading “It Is In Pardoning That We Are Pardoned…”

This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. ~Taylor Caldwell Meditation: Some Christians rush to declare Jesus as “Lord”, “as God himself”, as “Divine”. I know that they are trying to strengthen people’s belief in the specialness, in the divinity of Jesus, the Christ. However, what happens is that Jesus, the human, whoContinue reading “Christmas Means We Are Never Alone…”

Let’s restore sanity and fairness to the tax cut conversation. We simply cannot afford to hand over the bank vault to our nation’s millionaires and billionaires while the middle class picks up spare change. Paul Tonko Meditation: We can’t afford what is happening. Millionaires and Billionaires are increasing their financial power, and now that manyContinue reading “God Makes Fun Of Them…”

If you have something dark in your soul, ask the Lord for forgiveness. Christmas is a great opportunity to cleanse the soul. Pope Francis Meditation: As Christmas is coming close, we all rush to complete our “to do” lists. We check off what we have done and look over what still needs to happen beforeContinue reading “Christmas, A Great Opportunity…”

The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can. Giada De Laurentiis Meditation: The Holidays often put many external and internal pressures on us. We feel obligated to go to different parties, some we enjoy, others we could have done without.Continue reading “Simplify The Holy Days…”

You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt Meditation: Parenting has been and still is the most complex journey of learning about myself I have ever taken. My children have challenged me to become aContinue reading “How We As Parents Influence…”