Being More Like Charlie Brown: Finding Love in Complete Hopelessness

“Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy.” – Charlie Brown Christmas isn’t always “the most wonderful time of the year.” In fact, for many it can be perhaps the most difficult time of year. It can remind you of loved ones you’ve lost, it can remind you of your lack of love, it can accentuate

A Counterfactual Christmas: God, George Bailey, Scrooge, and Alternative Futures

As The Beatles once said: Christmas time is here again! That means it’s time to crank the Phil Spector Christmas album and deeply ponder philosophical issues surrounding the direction your measly existence is taking (and whether you can change it or not): putting the “merry” in Merry Christmas, obviously! I’ve decided to address/consider some of the philosophical/theological