Christmas

I know that many of my friends struggle to cope at Christmas time. While others are out celebrating and making merry, you try to keep your mind from dwelling on the dark thoughts that haunt you. My grandfather died on Christmas day when I was 10 years old. I remember the following year, bringing the Christmas tree to gramma’s house with my dad and hearing her say there would be no tree this year. The…

Sometimes, during Christmas, I feel like Charlie Brown, who was bewildered at the vanity of the holiest day of the year being drowned in commercialism. But he was encouraged by a friend who reminded him what it’s really about. Linus illuminated the meaning of Christmas with a passage from scripture. Our unlikely hero, strengthened in his conviction, pressed on with his vision. With the voice of Linus echoing in his mind, Charlie took pity on…