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Happy New Year!
By
Ruth Graham
2014 is here! I trust you ushered it in with grace and peace welcomed you. In the South it is traditional to have black-eyed peas and collard greens on New Years Day. The black-eyed peas represent coin money; the collard greens represent green money. So…if you have those on New Years you will have them…
Let’s Get Real about Bethlehem!
By
Ruth Graham
Last July the world seemed to wait with bated breath for the arrival of the little Prince of England. No detail was left unnoticed. Hallmark and others have given us a very unrealistic picture of Bethlehem. Our Christmas cards are gilded pictures of glorious Heavenly hosts filling the sky, gentle shepherds stand sweetly gazing at…
The Spirit of Christmas
By
Ruth Graham
My daughter and I had a delightful time yesterday. Each year we take a day to go to the small town of Lexington to see the decorations, visit the shops, go “junking,” as my Mother used to call it, find stocking stuffers, eat a delicious lunch and find ridiculous gag gifts for friends who live…
Thanksgiving in reverse
By
Ruth Graham
When I sit down to make my Thanksgiving list what do I put down? ‘Friends’ and ‘family’ (most of them!) are at the top of my list. Then perhaps ‘health’, ‘freedom’… Do I ever express thanks for ‘bad health’, ‘gloomy days’, ‘stress’, ‘conflict’? They wouldn’t be near the top of the list, if they were…
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