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Christmas Dawns!
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mpratt
It doesn’t matter how much there is still left to do, nor how much will go undone. It doesn’t matter that the Christmas cake is a little over-cooked, nor that the casserole doesn’t taste exactly like grandmother’s did. Ingredients omitted, a gift forgotten, snow, rain, ice, cold – whether or not these things are or…
Active Peace
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mpratt
We’re almost halfway through Advent, nearly two weeks away from once again welcoming the Prince of Peace. How is your peace? Are you frazzled from all the activity of the Season, yet? Feeling buffeted by family squabbles that have a way of erupting at this time of year? Are you struggling, waging a war of…
Derailed at Holiday Time?
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mpratt
Advent. Christmas. New Year’s. Every year, they come around once a year. And we plan carefully, putting activities into narrow windows, packing them into our schedules.But often, for those of us with chronic illness and pain, we can be derailed. Sideswiped by health problems. And then, what happens to our carefully planned holiday lives? As…
The greater the cheer, the greater the pain?
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mpratt
If you have felt great loss this year, or if your health challenges are weighing heavily upon your spirit and life, the “cheer” that accompanies this season can be particularly difficult to be around. In fact, the great the cheer around you, the greater might be the pain that you feel. Much like rubbing salt…
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