Yet Another Pacific Northwest Storm

I got caught in the snowfall and spent 2-1/2 hours driving 20 miles. Too hazardous to drive home, so am here at my daughter's watching the winter wonderland outside. Spent the eveing looking at memory books. Wow! It's amazing how fast the grandchildren have arrived and grown. My favorite Christmas memory was of 1-year-old Owen who discovered a candy cane that someone forgot and left down low in the back of the tree. He reached for it and looked up at me with the biggest grin. What's your favorite holiday memory?

The Work of Reconciliation

Henri Nouwen said, "What is our task in this world as children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus? Our task is reconciliation. Wherever we go we see divisions among people - in families, communities, cities, countries, and continents. All these divisions are tragic reflections of our separation from God."

"The truth that all people belong together as members of one family under God is seldom visible. Our sacred task is to reveal that truth in the reality of everyday life. Why is that our task? Because God sent Christ to reconcile us with God and to give us the task of reconciling people with one another. As people reconcile with God through Christ we have been given the ministry of reconciliation" (see: 2 Corinthians 5:18). "

"So whatever we do the main question is, Does it lead to reconciliation among people?"

What are you doing to be reconciled to others?

The War on Christmas

The Seattle Times reports:

The holiday trees that went away in the middle of the night are back.

Monday night, Port of Seattle staff began putting up the trees they earlier had removed from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The trees had come down Friday night after a local rabbi requested that a Hanukkah menorah also be displayed, and Port officials had said the threat of a lawsuit left them without enough time to consider all the issues."

Hooray for Christmas! The grocery clerk who put my bags in my car sang, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" to me. What a merry, merry time of year this is. Merry Christmas to everyone!