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For years I had a superficial interest in current events and the news.
Elvis Presley’s hit song 50 years ago this season was “Blue Christmas.
A few weeks before Christmas, my mail included a card with this marvelous statement,

Luminous Christmas

In the solarium of gratitudemy heart warms the world—love’s candles,burning with beatitude,melt the frost of solitude.
Not long ago, I was playing tennis with my husband, Chris.
It has never been harder for girls to feel good about themselves.
The spicy aroma of cookies baking in the kitchen, the woodsy scent of the newly arrived Christmas tree in the living room—delightful as these are, it is gratitude for the Christly love in our hearts that is the true fragrance of Christmas.
I’d been in a committed relationship for 12 years, when my life began to change.
The class I was studying in college was, ironically, called “Communication and Cultural Forms.
More than a thousand individuals, houses of worship, and faith-based organizations throughout the United States are expected to participate in a “Weekend of Prayer for Darfur” from December 8 to 10, 2006.
I couldn’t sing.

Gentle silence brings peace

My husband and I know a quiet, secret place near our home in England’s Lake District.