“Each night a child is born is a holy night—
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping.”
—Sophia Lyon Fahs
On this day when Christians celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus, what other child or children do you celebrate as well?
Happy Halloween! Or should that be “Scary Halloween!”? Somehow it seems odd that we have a fun, child-centered holiday about spooks and ghouls and the spirits of the dead, but there’s a lot to be said for trying to find joy in the midst of fear.
How can you turn a trick into a treat today?
When you were a child, did you ever lose a ball over the fence, a Frisbee onto the roof or a kite into a tree? It’s hard not to panic when something you care about suddenly slips out of sight. Sometimes we managed to get those beloved playthings back, and sometimes we didn’t. But not too infrequently, when you went looking for the item that escaped, you would find something else entirely, something you thought was gone forever, or that you had completely forgotten about.
What have you found when you were looking for something else?
