One last day to scurry around, making deliveries and buying final stocking stuffers, seeing friends, and such. Our Christmas will be quiet this year since our son is out of the country. But it’s been a busy year, so a quiet Christmas may be just the ticket. We do have an appetizer and dessert buffet … More This Is the Only White Christmas We’re Likely to Get in Central Carolina
This year, I’m really being called to do more around celebrating the Winter Solstice. It started in early December, when I did my workshop on Winter Spiritual Journaling and discussed the spiritual qualities of Winter. Then on December 11, I gave our Spiritual Center’s Wednesday night service talk/discussion on the Winter Solstice. One of the … More Motivational Music Monday
Welcome to the second day of celebrating Pancha Ganapati! Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu holiday, developed around the elephant-headed God Ganesha, that runs from December 21-25. Like Kwanza, it was created around the Solstice/Christmas/Hannukah time, but with a spiritual/community focus for each day. And each day also has its own color! The first day … More Happy Pancha Ganapati!
Winter Solstice is probably our primodial celebration. Long before any of the organized religions that we have today, people were doing things to celebrate/encourage the return of the sun. We now understand intellectually why this happens, so we don’t feel the need to request the sun to return. But it still can be a very … More Wishing You a Powerful Winter Solstice
December is filled with holidays involving light, so I thought this was a great song for this month. It both reminds us to look for the light when we are journeying, and reminds us that we may never know the light we are for others. It is by Carrie Newcomer, who is a singer I … More Motivational Music Monday: A Light in the Window by Carrie Newcomer
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