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Christmas

Three Ways to Handle Holiday Stress

December 3, 2015 by Jay N. Forrest

For many the holidays can be stressful. Here are three tools to help you through it…

Categories Free Tags Christmas, Hanukkah, HumanLight, Kwanzaa, stress, Winter Solstice Leave a comment

The Tao of Christmas

April 22, 2023December 18, 2014 by Thomas Schenk

A Taoist reading of Christmas could make the holiday more meaningful for Spiritual Naturalists.

Categories Free Tags Christianity, Christmas, holidays, Jesus, Tao, Taoism Leave a comment
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Sitting by a river contemplating the mystery of being.  If you don’t have a river handy, you can read about it  here…
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