Merry Christmas

My prayer for all of you is that the richness of hope found in that helpless tiny baby born in a crowded house in an outback village in an inconsequential country will be your experience, now and for always. Remember that hope and love come to us from surprising quarters!  

Bah Humbug…You treachorous bastard Cromwell!

The Puritan Ban on Christmas by Martha Doe In the mid-17th century, a wave of religious reform transformed the way in which Christmas was celebrated in England. Oliver Cromwell — a statesman and General responsible for leading the parliamentary army during the English Civil War — took over England in 1645. Supported by his Puritan … More Bah Humbug…You treachorous bastard Cromwell!

What we used to be able to say with a simple “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, now requires…

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with… respect for the religious or secular persuasions and or traditions of … More What we used to be able to say with a simple “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, now requires…

God in 60 days

A cheer-up for the lost and weary atheist traveller, to help them decide whether their antipathy towards God is really showing the kind of fruit required for a life of anti-spiritual, liberal, slap-the-face-of-a-believer ease…