I'm of your generation. 1980 was the peak of my childhood Christmas wonder, and Christmas during '80s adolescence holds its own nostalgia. But for quite a few years now the season has been losing steam for me, because nostalgia only carries you so far.
Even though I was raised Christian, it's only in my 50s that I'm now beginning to truly grasp what Christmas is all about. And I think it's because I recognize the civilizational darkness you describe in your essay. It makes me want to run to a light source. And what is Christmas but the story of a great light entering the world?
Thank you for brilliantly using your God-given gift to communicate the Gospel of Christ’s restorative Truth. He wonderfully blessed me today by revealing Restoring Truth’s insightful and encouraging essays.
This was very good, in a lot of ways, but mostly because it was another re-telling of the only Christmas story that has any lasting value.
Christ has conquered, and we, by faith and grace, will also conquer. That's the only story that matters. The rest is just the ebb and flow of history, the story of how God's plan is unfolding through the ages.
Dude...This is really good stuff. Your writing took me back to those days in grammar school, "waiting by the bike rack to see who would kiss or fight." Every one of us reading over 50 gets it. It WAS different, and it WAS better...Thank you.
You have captured exactly how I feel. Thank you.
I'm of your generation. 1980 was the peak of my childhood Christmas wonder, and Christmas during '80s adolescence holds its own nostalgia. But for quite a few years now the season has been losing steam for me, because nostalgia only carries you so far.
Even though I was raised Christian, it's only in my 50s that I'm now beginning to truly grasp what Christmas is all about. And I think it's because I recognize the civilizational darkness you describe in your essay. It makes me want to run to a light source. And what is Christmas but the story of a great light entering the world?
Thank you for brilliantly using your God-given gift to communicate the Gospel of Christ’s restorative Truth. He wonderfully blessed me today by revealing Restoring Truth’s insightful and encouraging essays.
Halleluiah and amen to keen, piercing truth, enjoyably presented.
This was very good, in a lot of ways, but mostly because it was another re-telling of the only Christmas story that has any lasting value.
Christ has conquered, and we, by faith and grace, will also conquer. That's the only story that matters. The rest is just the ebb and flow of history, the story of how God's plan is unfolding through the ages.
Glory to God in the Highest!
Dude...This is really good stuff. Your writing took me back to those days in grammar school, "waiting by the bike rack to see who would kiss or fight." Every one of us reading over 50 gets it. It WAS different, and it WAS better...Thank you.
Beautiful! Thank you.
Beautifully written !
Thank you for this; it's just what I needed today. God bless you from another weary Christ -follower way up in Vermontistan.