Love – Advent 2011

This is part 5 of 6 in the collection Advent 2011

I sometimes wonder if we get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas to the extent that we do simply because we’ve come to believe that there’s very little we can do to bring about either “peace on earth” or something as modest as peace in our own small corner of it.

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Halloween – Nothing to Fear

The good news is that we’re not helpless pawns destined to be dismembered by blood-sucking vampires if we go out without our garlic. The real evil in the world can be overcome by the real good. The bad news is that its up to us. Happy Halloween.

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On Being Good Ancestors

here’s a Native American saying that I like a lot - Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

When we give the world back to our kids, maybe we could clean it up a little bit first.

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