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Refracting the Light of Christmas

“Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” – Phillips Brooks Merry Christmas, one and all! We have journeyed through the season of Advent, a time of preparation, anticipation, and hope. On...

Embracing Joy

Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who specialized in palliative care, that special calling of caring for the dying. She spent her professional life with people during the final three to twelve weeks of their lives. Over the years, she asked her patients about any...

Of Fear and Faith

Fear. We are haunted by it. Macro-fears, such as world war, nuclear bombs, corrupt government officials, economic collapse, and another pandemic, haunt us by day. Personal fears, such as loss of loved ones, unemployment, death, and worries about our children, keep us...

In Remembrance of Joella

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his...