12/24/01
Crossing the Line on Christmas
Since this is my first Christmas as a baptized and confirmed Catholic, I thought it a great opportunity to use a column that falls on Christmas Eve to reflect on the holiday. Also because this is my first Catholic Christmas, I still understand the inclination to tune out proselytizers. In fact, I confess that certain “buzzwords” still make me flinch when stated too theatrically because they are so facile that they can sound insincere. “Salvay-shun!”
This essay has been published in Just Thinking: Volume I, 10/29/01 –10/21/02 and is available in Confidence Place: The Timshel Arts Store.
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