Can Every Day Be Christmas?

Can Every Day Be Christmas?

I find ‘A Christmas Carol’ to be an utterly amazing masterpiece. I know not whether literary critics would frown at me, but frankly I don’t care. We have just read it aloud again as a family. And I am inspired to join Scrooge in his solemn resolution. “I will...
He Came to Bring Us Home

He Came to Bring Us Home

There is a Home that is truly our home. And the Father in that home bends all His energy to make possible our taking up residence there. Permanently. It really is that simple. It is simple, but it is also somewhat involved—because life there is so rich. This is not...
Longing for Home at Christmastime

Longing for Home at Christmastime

Home is like heaven. What more is there to say? Dickens’s immortal short story of Christmas goes to the deepest longings of the human heart. This stands to reason, as the great drama of human life is always a drama of home, and home-coming. And this tends to come to...
Caroling and Reading: To Continue Our Celebration

Caroling and Reading: To Continue Our Celebration

Our celebration of Christmas is ongoing. This is not about ‘making a point’ or offering a corrective to others. It is a matter of taking the opportunity to express our joy and gratitude, as well as our resolve that the birth of Christ make a real difference in our...
The Christmas Lesson for Our Age: Scrooge

The Christmas Lesson for Our Age: Scrooge

Dicken’s A Christmas Carol speaks to all of us at Christmas time by raising the central issue of human life: priorities. What do we really prioritize each day? The story’s powerful and perpetual appeal comes from how well it raises this question, especially regarding...

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