December 2025

Advent begins not with glitter or comfort, but with longing. It is the season of deep waiting, of aching expectation ...

For many of us, Christmas is about a very special holy child born two thousand years ago. For children today, ...

We humans, for the most part, have monkey minds. Actually, picture a group of monkeys, eyes darting everywhere, seeing everything ...

This is the start of a three-part series by the author. When I have asked groups what images they have ...

During the Blue Jays’ heyday this fall, a friend of mine—normally not interested in baseball—shared a piece of advice she ...

“I don’t know what to say, except it’s Christmas and we’re all in misery.” Ellen Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas ...

Forty years ago, in London, England, I attended morning services at a rather grand church in the middle of the ...

Each year, as the end of December approaches, we see the tension between two Christmases begin to rise. There is ...

2026 is almost here. Can you believe it? As a new year approaches, our minds often cast forward to imagine ...