Snail Mail:
2000 Mallory Lane, Suite 130-229, Franklin, Tennessee 37067
Search Results for: label/expressing political views
A Classic Christmas
Spiritual Reflections, Timeless Literature, and Treasured Verse
A Classic Christmas is more than a joyful song or an inspirational poem to lift your spirit. It is more than a story that captivates you with engaging characters and clever twists and turns of plot. It is more than a tradition or legend that encourages you to practice goodwill among family, friends, and strangers. It is more than a new and profound way of expressing spiritual truth that fascinates your mind and imagination. It is more than charming renditions from the art world.
A Classic Christmas is all those things—yet more. At its heart it is an invitation for you to celebrate the good news that a baby is born, that a savior has come to the world.
As you turn the pages, you will be greeted with a blend of enchanting passages from literary greats, thought-provoking spiritual and personal reflections, a delightful sprinkling of poetry and verse, and cherished traditions and folklore—all woven together with sacred text from God’s Word.
From C. S. Lewis to Martin Luther, from Frederick Buechner to Laura Ingalls Wilder, from John Paul II to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from Billy Graham to Mark Twain—savor, treasure, and laugh aloud to words that transcend centuries.
Most of all, celebrate the birth of a baby that touches hearts and lives for eternity.
A Classic Christmas is a joy to read silently in personal moments of reflection—or aloud with family, friends, and neighbors.
Includes beautiful illustrations throughout.
Published by HarperOne
6.4 x 7.6 | 256 pages | 978-0061893872 | Created by Mark Gilroy
Share this:
Presumption of Guilt and the Breakdown of Public Discourse
The meeting of the minds has become a contact sport!
Much is made of the lack of civil discourse and the breakdown of public discourse in American culture today. Is it time we declare the meeting of the minds to be a contact sport with special headgear?
The art of diatribe – a long, angry, bitter, satirical criticism against a different opinion – has always been practiced in the public square across generations and cultures. But doesn’t it seem worse than ever? Maybe I’m waxing nostalgic, but even in my lifetime, I seem to remember healthier expressions of dialog and debate on fiercely contested ideas.
Okay … I was born shortly before the Civil Rights Act was signed into law … my childhood was marked by the Roe v. Wade, the Vietnam War, nuclear proliferation, Watergate, and economic Stagflation. So it wasn’t very peaceful then either.
But I still seem to recall the mainstream political debates – every bit as contentious as today’s issues – having more civility. I think. Well … sometimes.
The constant companion of the diatribe today is the ad hominem attack – [Read more…]
