A Christmas Reflection

Egregious immigration policies.  State-sanctioned killing of minority boys.  Alienation of religious minorities.  A leader who abuses power in order to keep his office.  Vulnerable families going underground or moving to other countries out of fear.  This was the...
Christmas and Gratitude

Christmas and Gratitude

Every Thanksgiving, I take time to list all the people, events and other things in my life from the previous year, for which I am grateful. This allows me to enter into Advent with a sense of gratitude and hope for the year to come. As in past years I conducted my...
One Solitary Life

One Solitary Life

As we celebrate Christmas, I want to share a Christmas poem that always seems to speak to me about the power of the life and message of Jesus. Merry Christmas ONE SOLITARY LIFE He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He grew...

A Christmas Prayer

In his book, Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama tells the story when he was running for the U.S. Senate of flying from Chicago on a private jet to a fundraising event on the west coast. He describes the comfortable chair, the wood paneling, the crab salad, and the...