Category: Holidays
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The Breath of God

I watched my uncle’s life escape his body. I watched as his daughter cried and his sisters sighed at the loss of someone they love deeply. His last breath came and went to the aether. His heart stilled like all the relationships with his children, his sisters, his friends. The pallor colour took over his…
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Ornaments, those odd orbs permeating life

Ornaments are temporal. Relationships are eternal. Decorations are material. Souls are immortal. Baubles are breakable. People are redeemable.
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The Christmas Experiment

There is no doubt that Christmas has become materialistic. What a person got is more important than what a person gave. Sales and stores attest to the gift buying and gift receiving nature of this holy of holidays. And presents decorate the homes of millions in anticipation of the awaited day when all will be…
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A Christmas Joke

There’s a joke pastors tell. It goes something like this: God is like the top of the mountain and all religions are the paths to the top. It is treacherous, the mountain, but each religion has its unique path. Christianity is different because you can’t go up the path no matter what. It is too…

