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December 21, 2006
Elvis Presley’s hit song 50 years ago this season was “Blue Christmas.
December 21, 2006
Fill your days with joy
Anita Ross
A few weeks before Christmas, my mail included a card with this marvelous statement,
December 20, 2006
Luminous Christmas
Beatrice Labarthe
In the solarium of gratitudemy heart warms the world—love’s candles,burning with beatitude,melt the frost of solitude.
December 18, 2006
The day started with tennis and ended with healing
Lynn Gray Jackson
Not long ago, I was playing tennis with my husband, Chris.
December 18, 2006
Real beauty is more than skin deep
Amy Richmond
It has never been harder for girls to feel good about themselves.
December 18, 2006
The fragrance of Christmas
Bea Roegge
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.
December 18, 2006
Searching for and finding "Mr. Right"
Virginia Hughes
I’d been in a committed relationship for 12 years, when my life began to change.
December 11, 2006
How divine Mind brought clarity to my college coursework
Jodie Swales
The class I was studying in college was, ironically, called “Communication and Cultural Forms.
December 7, 2006
A prayer for the innocent—meaning everyone—in Darfur
Jeremy Carper
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.
December 4, 2006
Volunteering at church gave me something to sing about
June Sullivan
I couldn’t sing.
December 4, 2006
Gentle silence brings peace
Margaret Watson
My husband and I know a quiet, secret place near our home in England’s Lake District.
November 28, 2006
Christianity then—and now
Charles C. Weston
We often think about the history of the Bible and Christianity as an orderly process, where ideas were written down or reasonably discussed and preserved in a pristine state.