Home, Friends and a Psalm

5 December 2010

 Dear Friends and Family,

 Christmas:  “How shall I describe this Holy Night? … it is the remembrance of the most intimate mystery of life, the birth of God in an agonizing world; it is the planting of the seeds of compassion, freedom and peace in a harsh, un-free, and hateful society; it is hope in a new earth to come……This day the smallness and vulnerability of the child and the vastness of our earth will both enter my soul.  I know that without the child, I have no reason to live but also that without a growing awareness of the suffering of humanity, I will not fulfill the call that the child has given me.”  Henri Nouwen

Bill and I are going home for Christmas.  We are very excited about the opportunity to spend time with my 92 year old mom, sister and brother and their families in New Mexico, Corrie and Brent, Lily and Ethan, our daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren, in McKinney, Texas and Bill’s brother and family in Oklahoma City, OK.  We will be gone through mid-January and because it is a “holiday” we will not take time to answer emails. Thus we hope any questions can wait until January 2011 when we return.

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