“He know when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good” 

 These are familiar words from the song Santa Claus is Coming to  Town. On Christmas day I  was thinking about the legend of Santa Claus which is based on Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was a real…

The Quaker Meeting that I am a member of considers a query each month as part of our spiritual discipline. On the first Sunday of each month, we read queries during worship inviting those attending to reflect on an aspect of our lives.  In December the queries address Peace and Reconciliation. One of these queries prompted these thoughts on the use of…