I’m not really given to resolutions. Statistically, they don’t really work, so there’s the pragmatic objection. But more than that, I object as well to

Can I get someone to second my motion to make 2024 an annus horribilis?

It was tough. We had to leave out a lot. But here’s some that you may want to re-read, or if you missed them the

While our sanctuaries are all gussied up, maximalized in splendor, look around and let your soul wander. Follow where God leads you. Bask in the

We talk like we pack Christmas (and its decorations) away until the next year.

We follow the well-trodden paths of our traditions – candlelight services and caroling, Luke 2 and presents under the tree, Christmas movies and gingerbread houses.

I need a nudge to a path that is muddier—but also wider and steadier—than the precarious tightrope of this world’s version of Christmas cheer.

Becoming one of us, born in a simple fashion, among the least of the “thems” in order to draw humanity into the Divine “us.”

Listen to a Christmas story podcast, written and read by James C. Schaap. The youngest shepherd must stay with the sheep as the others go