The Nativity story is reassuring on so many levels. It contrasts so dramatically with what we strive to turn Christmas into. There was no room in the inn for Mary and Joseph to stay so the Savior of the world, Jesus, was born in a stable. When we fuss and stress over decorations and details, [...]

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In the week since I wrote my last post about Christmas, I have noticed that it is not just our family that is fed up with Christmas being virtually abolished in public places. A couple of years ago the Christmas abolitionists were on the rampage, re-naming Christmas trees “holiday trees” and employees at many well [...]

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When we first arrived in The States, I was overwhelmed by the importance given to Halloween: the costumes and the candy and the whole town celebrating what I thought was a pagan festival with negative connotations. Trick or treating in Britain, at least when we lived there, implied the possibility of a trick if “sweets” [...]

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I have not had time to respond to life, in my blog recently, as life has been fast moving and any written comments or thoughts would have been fragmented and illogical. My parents visited from England and we shared many valuable moments, watching James(16) and Alice(13) excel at soccer and eating delicious meals thanks to [...]

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