I'm so glad Bishop Varden said this. I am much happier and at peace spending a holy time in quiet and solitude than I was during many of the Christmases where I had social engagements with extended family across multiple states in bad weather. I did love my family (who are mostly all deceased now) but having to work at my job till a few …
I'm so glad Bishop Varden said this. I am much happier and at peace spending a holy time in quiet and solitude than I was during many of the Christmases where I had social engagements with extended family across multiple states in bad weather. I did love my family (who are mostly all deceased now) but having to work at my job till a few days before Christmas and then spend a week or more essentially doing a second "job" of stressful traveling, helping with the cooking and decorating, and finally socializing at multiple homes, was not the greatest backdrop for quietly reflecting on the birth of Our Lord.
For some years now I've celebrated Christmas and Easter and other days as primarily religious holidays and the other stuff like shopping, decorating, cooking and socializing I keep much more low key, and that works better for me.
I'm so glad Bishop Varden said this. I am much happier and at peace spending a holy time in quiet and solitude than I was during many of the Christmases where I had social engagements with extended family across multiple states in bad weather. I did love my family (who are mostly all deceased now) but having to work at my job till a few days before Christmas and then spend a week or more essentially doing a second "job" of stressful traveling, helping with the cooking and decorating, and finally socializing at multiple homes, was not the greatest backdrop for quietly reflecting on the birth of Our Lord.
For some years now I've celebrated Christmas and Easter and other days as primarily religious holidays and the other stuff like shopping, decorating, cooking and socializing I keep much more low key, and that works better for me.