Approaching midnight at my church’s candlelight Christmas Eve service last night, after we had worked our way through the birth-of-Christ story with scripture readings and a goodly assortment of carols, we sang a final song that contained this lyric: Now ye hear of endless bliss / Jesus Christ was born for this!
Those words thrummed that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Christmas'
Born For This
December 25th, 2009 · No Comments · global warming and climate change, spirituality & religion
Tags: Christmas·gifts cards·Jesus Christ·life purpose·President Obama·Starbucks
Winter Solstice And The Unconquered Sun And Son
December 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · home & garden, lifestyle, nature, spirituality & religion
The first part of this piece I posted last year, on the 2008 winter solstice. The rest of it I added for 2009.
Today is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. In the days long before fossil fuels routinely lit our nights, winter solstice was celebrated as the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun.
Imagine how [...]
Tags: Christianity·Christmas·divine feminine·Goddess·Jared Diamond·Our Father·solstice·winter solstice
Happy Birthday to the Unconquered Sun
December 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · sustainability
Today is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. In the days before fossil fuels routinely lit our nights, winter solstice was celebrated as the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun.
Imagine how vulnerable our long-ago human ancestors were as the days grew colder, darker and shorter. They struggled to protect themselves from the bitter elements; [...]
Tags: Christmas·culture·holiday·life·Oregon·outdoors·solstice·Son·sun·winter solstice
Decoupling Christmas From Spending
December 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, money
It’s about time that I write about Christmas, given that my blog is about happiness and consumption. I suggest we can decouple Christmas from spending, especially overspending, i.e. we can celebrate Christmas happily while living within our means, and the earth’s means.
What we all need is a rich quality of life: loving relationships; health; meaningful [...]
Tags: Christmas·consumption·culture·economics·family·gifts·green living·happiness·love·Oregon·outdoors·presents·relationships·spending·thrift
