HALO’s Daily Soul Food Almost But Not Yet Many religious people celebrate Advent leading up to Christmas, celebrating and illuminating the advent wreath with the five participatory candles of peace, hope, joy, and love followed by Christ’s candle on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. This holy tradition has taken place since the 5th century. The… Read More »
Hope In The Dope
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Hope In The Dope December 16, 2020 The world has long awaited a vaccine to fight back against COVID-19. This week the vaccine was finally made available, and with it, we are starting to see hope resurface throughout the world; thank you, God. People fighting the malady of addiction put their… Read More »
Holiday Isolation
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Holiday Isolation The holidays can be a stressful time for many due to a major life change. This COVID Christmas is a time where everyone is stressed due to a worldwide pandemic. Many have lost loved ones due to COVID-19, other illnesses, or accidents. Some people have experienced unemployment or the… Read More »
Christmas Out Of Focus
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Christmas Out Of Focus When we focus on ourselves rather than others, we soon discover we have Christmas out of focus. Lord, open me to your heart, help me to take the focus off myself and put it on others. Christmas is a time where you can experience joy. Joy comes… Read More »
Spiritual Vaccination
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Spiritual Vaccination The FDA approved the first round of COVID-19 vaccines on December 11, 2020. Vaccines immune humans and animals from all kinds of diseases. Putting on the full armor of God and practicing spiritual principles in all of our affairs immunizes us against spiritual disease. Lord, thank you for protecting… Read More »
Afraid Of The Light
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Afraid of the Light Most people are afraid of the dark, but what is much worse is when we’re so scared of the light. Our spirit never grows in the dark. Lord, help me bring my secrets and shortcomings out of the dark and into the light so I can be… Read More »
Two Kinds of Hope
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Two Kinds of Hope In an advent devotional study titled “Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience,” there are two kinds of hope discussed by author Ingrid McIntyre, co-founder of Open Table Nashville: Almost Hope: this hope is focused only on yourself, e.g., hoping for a white Christmas; hoping I get what… Read More »
Spiritual Dope
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Spiritual Dope Throughout the ages, humankind has turned to worldly sources for relief, including dope, booze, and other mood-altering substances. The hope was that for a brief moment, the pressures of life would be lessened, and the noise in their head would quiet down. The efforts to experience euphoria through worldly… Read More »
Practicing Peace Amid COVID-19
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Practicing Peace Amid COVID-19 Since late 2019, the world has watched the coronavirus, a.k.a. COVID-19, progress, progress, and progress some more. Politicians blame other politicians; the culture struggles between masks vs. no mask; speculation varies if and when this threat recedes and if a vaccination will really work. In the last… Read More »
Peace Man
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Peace Man If you grew up in the 60s or even the 70s, then you remember this hippie expression “Peace Man.” The peace symbol was often given with two vertical fingers in the shape of a V and a horizontal thumb completing the symbol. The term “peace man” didn’t mean civil… Read More »