The Work of Christmas!
The Work of Christmas When the song of the angels is stilled,When the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and princes are home,When the shepherds are back with…
The Work of Christmas When the song of the angels is stilled,When the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and princes are home,When the shepherds are back with…
Suppose you had been a Christian believer in the mid-first century. Suppose you were observing Christmas and the birth of Jesus the Savior in whatever way the earliest Church celebrated…
Dr. John Rosen (1902-1993) was a psychiatrist in New York City. He was well known for his work with catatonic schizophrenics. Normally doctors remain separate and aloof from their patients.…
"The Flight into Egypt." Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus flee into Egypt. The cruel King Herod had been threatened by the birth of Jesus, apparently fearing that Jesus would become…
There is a big difference between a coward and a hero. The coward runs away and stays away. The hero runs away but he always returns at the appropriate time.…
The late newspaper columnist Mike Royko once shared the other side of the Christmas Story in one of his columns. He told about a stranger who put $1,600 in gold…
Throughout December we now witness a different kind of Christmas tradition that has become an annual event. We see all the protests that get lodged about this or that nativity…
On some of the Christmas cards I received this year some people expressed their feelings about how glad they were that 2022 was coming to an end. They said they were looking forward to a better year in 2023. (Click on the title to READ MORE)
ME IN 2021: “If I could just have a week or two with nothing to do and nowhere to go, I could finally get this house cleaned up and get my life…
Henri Nouwen told the story of a student of his who, many years after graduation, returned to sit in his office where so many questions had been answered and so…