W. H. Auden begins his Christmas Oratorio with a line that feels almost too honest for church. “Well, so that is that.” Christmas has come and gone. The tree comes down. Leftovers linger. We return to...  Read More

One of the gifts – and challenges – of Advent is that it asks us to slow down and pay attention just as everything around us speeds up. Calendars fill. To-do lists grow. The world urges us to hurry to...  Read More

There’s a moment in A Charlie Brown Christmas that never fails to catch my breath – no matter how many times I’ve seen it. Charlie Brown, weary and a little frayed at the edges, cries out in frustrati...  Read More