When I was a child, I remember my parents telling my older brother and me that we could […]
Christmas
To one who said that myths were lies and therefore worthless, even though ‘breathed through silver.’ — J.R.R. […]
We find ourselves here just before the year turns and before the Christ-child arrives. Here, the shadows are […]
I’d like to sit underneath the treeAgainAnd wonder at the glare of blue bouncing off The fragile curve […]
Mountains of colored paper, wrinkled and ripped, pushed behind the aging tree. Yesterday’s sparkling lights now highlight the […]
Everyone knows the basic collection of well-watched Christmas (I use that word loosely) movies: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, […]
Silent Night. The moment before a sound. When a word was yet unspoken. The terrifying anticipation of what […]
Today, we find ourselves just one week away from the great celebration of Christmas Day. Next weekend we […]
The house was decorated for Christmas. Santa Claus figurines, branches of evergreen, and ceramic angels were sitting on […]
Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung, Under the cold snow, life is hiding. […]
The other day, my hands mysteriously swelled up. Not huge, but enough for me to notice. It was […]
Maybe you have taken it for granted, but have you noticed that every manger scene enjoys at least […]
Days 2 through 12 of Christmas: the great coda. It must have been that way in Bethlehem, too. […]
Of a new creation. Where one was built and spoken. Delivered after the one that already was. The […]
The presents have been opened, the feast has been devoured, the wonderful day of Christmas has once again […]
I’ve always loved the way that St. John tells the Christmas story. It isn’t the one the little […]
By now, most of you have heard the heartwarming story of the Great War’s spontaneous Christmas Truce in […]
“And he.. he himself! The Grinch carved the roast beast!” These last few days before Christmas, the stress […]
In many renaissance paintings of the nativity, including Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished work, “Adoration of the Shepherds”, you […]
Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung, Under the cold snow, life is hiding. […]