All the best (of my year)
Too many “Best of the Year” round-ups make me feel guilty or overwhelmed: oh no, here’s something else I have to know, do, read, make, watch.…
Christmas is hope in the ruins
I AM HAUNTED this Christmas not by one of Charles Dickens’ ghosts, but by a little boy I never knew. Though we did not meet, he…
Putting that goodwill to all thing to the test
There is nothing like a game of Monopoly to help you see loved ones in a new light—though sometimes it takes the clarity of hindsight. For…
Immanuel, not a manual
I was inspired by Charles Sheldon’s classic In His Steps long before the book spawned the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) craze of the 1990s. Part…
Baffled in Bethlehem
It’s time to break out the bath salts and the old robes—we’re gearing up for the annual Christmas nativity, when little ones stand around in varying…
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