The True Spirit Of Christmas There is a lot of controversy and confusion in people’s minds over Christmas and its meaning both in our personal lives and in the world. With the commercialization and secularization of Christmas, the true “reason for the season” has been lost for generations. Christmas isn’t just about capitalism and candy. […]

The last 2 months of the year 2021 have begun. It’s an exciting time. Halloween has come and gone, and now we have Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve to await. Many will be observing Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. There will be many celebrations and gatherings to come, religious rituals observed, shopping expeditions or nightmares (unless […]

Wherever you find yourself on this journey through life, from our homes to yours, we wish you a joyous and fulfilled Thanksgiving. Now more than ever, we can look around and see people in far worse shape than we are, and people in better shape. Our hope is that we can cast aside those differences […]

Donating to the needy might not be at the top of everyone’s shopping list, but that’s why physical reminders of  the importance of giving are needed. Caught up in the commotion of our own lives, we can all use help overcoming  the distractions and indifference that prevents us from helping to alleviate suffering in our […]

This word caused some consternation for me when I was a child. I can remember mother telling me, “Don’t make a moue, darling, you don’t want your face to freeze like that.” It would have been so much simpler if moue was pronounced the same as roué, but as it was for the longest time […]