Dec 01 2008

A Christmas Carol – Uncle Scrooge and the True Meaning of Christmas

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A Christmas Carol with Patrick StewardThis a kind of holiday tradition of mine. Every Christmas season I post this article on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol. It is probably the greatest story told for the modern age and is precious to me and my family.

I have talked to people many times about how we have become distracted through morality, and how we obsess so much over the things we shouldn’t do that we forget the things we should do. In fact, the greatest evils in this world are perpetuated, if not created, by apathy and heedlessness more than hate. Continue Reading »

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