A Mother’s Love

This year, I celebrate Christmas for the first time in my life without my mother. Mom passed away in November. While many Christmas gifts come

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Jesus Christ

Longing For Jesus

My first memory that distinctly involves Advent is of an Advent calendar – a somewhat esoteric object in 1950s Kansas, if I recall correctly.  I

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Christmas

The Crazy World We Live In

During Advent last year (2022) Catholic Nuns surprised holiday shoppers in Downtown Boston on Thursday December 8.   They stood outside in the cold singing Christmas

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Jesus Christ, Trust

New Beginnings in Christ

As this year draws to a close, I think of my sister’s December wedding and about how she is soon going to start her journey

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Christmas

A Christmas Message

Of the whole gamut of myths, legends and fairy tales that have been told in human history, not even the most outrageous or outlandish can

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The Smell of Christmas

By Elizabeth McClung Grief changes the lens through which you see the world. Everything seems new. But, it isn’t new as in novel and filled

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