21-Dec-2013
Dear friend,
If you light a candle under a floodlight, who cares? Where there already is a
great light, who wants a flickering wick of new light? We live under the blaze
of neon lights, and arc lamps, so sometimes we don't realize that we don't see
clearly what is sometimes in the
18-Dec-2011
Dear Friend,
We know from experience that we are most relaxed and comfortable when we feel
at home with people, situations and events. Christmas is a 'homely' feast, God
being at home with us. The name given to him is Emmanuel -God-with-us! Are we
'at home' with God? To be at
25-Dec-2010
Dear Friend,
For children and for adults as well, Christmas is synonymous with gifts and
presents. We all look forward to receiving gifts especially when they are
unexpected and undeserved. The most important gift that we receive is the gift
of the infant child given to us,
20-Dec-2009
Dear Friend,
Christmas is the meeting place of God and man, the encounter of God in the
home, the fusion of power and weakness in the child. It is the season of gift
giving; ‘for unto us a child is given’, the greatest of gifts and the simplest
of gifts, wrapped in swaddling
23-Dec-2007
Dear Friend,
At Christmas we wish each other a very Happy Christmas! For most people
Christmas is a time of merry making, of visiting friends and sharing gifts and
partying. But Christmas can also be a difficult time for people who have lost a
dear one, people on their bed of
