Out Our Way: christmas or Christmas? - Isaiah 9:2-7

Out our way, I noticed that, after a long ride, Doc always picked up his gait when we were heading for home. No matter how tired he seemed to be from it all, when we got close to the stable, grain bucket and reunion with his girlfriend, Babe — new energy flowed.

We may see a bit of this in ourselves as the year winds down and Christmas lies just over the ridge. It has been a tough year for us all with the virus, the lockdowns, jobs and businesses being lost everywhere, rising crime and violence in many places, vicious politics and hate speech filling the airwaves, and all the rest. Yes, we are...