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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Christmas

Finding Holiness in this Holiday Season

December 18, 2024

As I leave to spend Christmas with family, knowing I’ll not return here to post more before the new year …

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O Holy Night, What Stars Give Birth To

December 24, 2023

“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is a …

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O Holy Night

December 19, 2021

The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is a shining star in the night sky. It’s what wakened the …

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A Celtic Christmas, Favorite Carols

December 18, 2020

One of the things I love most about Christmas is the music, especially the classical carols. Listening to them brings …

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O Holy Night, Images Sacred & Sublime

December 24, 2018

Star_birth_in_Messier_83_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope) I’ve gathered some images, sacred and sublime, to scroll through as you listen to “O Holy Night“, one of my …

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“O Holy Night” in Art & Music

December 23, 2017

“Peace on Earth, good will toward men.”  Wishing you all a joyful and blessed Christmas.        

O Holy Night, Ablaze in Light

December 21, 2016

Star_birth_in_Messier_83_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope) “Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is …

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O Holy Night – The Sacred and Sublime in Art & Images

December 22, 2012

I’ve gathered some images, sacred and sublime, to scroll through as you listen to Charlotte Church sing “O Holy Night“, …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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