tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980241882964917348.post7501501637757608136..comments2023-05-23T10:21:18.359-05:00Comments on Hell in a Handbasket: I see hopeel Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206430549645320375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980241882964917348.post-40588441430254820712009-12-17T12:42:38.247-05:002009-12-17T12:42:38.247-05:00Bravo, Carolyn! Great post.
I love the darkness o...Bravo, Carolyn! Great post.<br /><br />I love the darkness of the days - because on those dark evenings, all the holiday lights seem to shine brighter. Lights of hope shining on every street, remind us that there are still things we can come together to celebrate; that even if we're celebrating different holy days, we're all brightening the dark cold days of winter.Geekin'Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097465017656425795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980241882964917348.post-35392762240571829272009-12-16T13:18:04.656-05:002009-12-16T13:18:04.656-05:00Well said. I've been looking into the Christia...Well said. I've been looking into the Christian calendar itself for some direction as to what Christmas should mean to us today as non-literalists. Thomas Merton in his "Seasons of Celebration" sees the calendar as the new order of time, where redemption comes and keeps happening. We no longer fear the passage of time and grasp against death. Rather than a literalist story stating that the coming of Christ "happened" and that "believing" that it happened is good enough, the cycle of the calendar shows that our story is always happening, always renewing and always offering new hope and redemption.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498883352676519800noreply@blogger.com