Monthly Archives: December 2017

December 31–Hope: The Work of Christmas

Posted on December 31, 2017 by admin

When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, … Continue reading →

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December 27–Hope: Friendship

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Bob Patrick

A friend recently reminded me of a quotation from the Roman orator, politician and philosopher, Cicero’s philosophical essay on Friendship.  In that essay, he notes that there are many benefits of friendship, but the greatest of those benefits is that … Continue reading →

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December 26–Hope: Not Blame

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Bob Patrick

What is the opposite of hope?  My first thoughts were hopelessness.  Hopelessness is still strangely in the realm of hope.  To be hopeless with all the pain and struggle implied by that experience still requires a hope–a hope that one … Continue reading →

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December 21–Hope: Change

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Bob Patrick

It’s been cold and wet and gloomy for many days now.  We even had a day of snow.  Today is a day of change.  Physically.  Globally.  The earth has tilted as far away from the sun in the northern hemisphere … Continue reading →

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December 18–Hope: Directional

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Bob Patrick

Binary thinking is something that pervades our culture.  It sets up every problem as a choice between two things and what’s more, it sees them as opposed to each other. The binary “screen” on life does not just see two … Continue reading →

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December 18–Hope: Gratitude

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Bob Patrick

If there is a God, a Supreme Being, a Divine Source of all that is, then surely that One hears and receives all offerings of thanks and gratitude.  How could any sort of thanksgiving go anywhere except to the Source … Continue reading →

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December 14–Hope: So Much Mercy

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Bob Patrick

So at night in my prayers I often stop And ask a thousand angels to join in And Applaud, And Applaud Anything, Anything in this world That can bring your heart comfort! Hafiz* A young man comes to Hafiz for … Continue reading →

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