Holidays

Parties, cookie exchanges, family get-togethers and that bowl of Christmas candy on your co-worker’s desk can all weigh heavily on the scale at this time of year.

There are ways we can indeed provide a light of God’s love to those who are experiencing grief these weeks of Advent and Christmas.

Sometimes symbols can express what words don’t do justice to. For me, one such symbol is a cut-out Christmas tree.

There is no shortage of Christmas novels published every fall. One of this season’s best is Camron Wright’s “Christmas by Accident,” a clever, sweet holiday story featuring a young woman who loves Christmas and a gentleman who strongly dislikes the holidays.