I’ve been writing for a living for over 25 years, either as an ad copywriter or a newspaper reporter. No one is more aware than I am that I get no more glory for writing the articles I broadcast than that donkey colt received while carrying Jesus on its back amidst a hail of Hosanna’s. If anything, I marvel that God chose me - a one-finger typist who hates computers - for an online ministry. What a sense of humor, that guy!

We hear the phrases “Christmas Spirit” and “Spirit of Christmas” getting thrown around quite a bit this time of year. As my wife and I were doing a little Christmas shopping
recently, I wished a “Merry Christmas” to at least 6 people throughout the day, directing 

the expression toward store clerks, gas station attendants and food servers (not once
initiated by them, incidentally). It got me to thinking about how few of us are truly in the 

“Christmas Spirit.” This is verifiable by statistics that prove this season is a time when 

depression, suicide, stress, increased debt and family squabbles are at their annual