The true meaning of the holiday season is most easily found when you spend it away from
home. I spent Christmas 1999 in Bosnia-Herzegovina with approximately 1800 other …

Should we celebrate Christmas during war times? Why not? Does it help the heartache to sit
glumly in the corner and moan? Will this help one or will it help the boy or girl in the service …

Dear friends, 15 years ago (1996) at this time I was in the Holy Land walking from Jerusalem
by night to Bethlehem. Jerusalem the name has it's origin in city of Peace... I remember a …

Merry Christmas The world is in bad shape this year. It seems almost sinful to be merry in the
face of the disaster that is continuing in Europe and China, and which may engulf us. At the …

I could feel the pain he had Inside but I could not do anything to help him... I could hearing
him even in my room... He could not cough without stop noises coming out of his mouth from …

Abstract On 25 December 2014, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave her traditional
televised Christmas message to the people of the nation and commonwealth. This broadcast …

All I want for Christmas is for the US to only fight the wars it has to and to stay out of all the
others. The lives of young Americans are too high a price to pay for wars driven by threat …

I'm not sure about you, but I'm finding it challenging to fully indulge in the festive vibe. It's
hard to get into the holiday spirit when innocent civilians who don't have the good fortune of …

My half-brother Joey asked me if I thought Christmas would help anything this year and I
didn't think so, but I just smiled at him, shrugged my shoulders and looked outside. The …