Hard Christmas Candy 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. The song “Hard Christmas Candy,” written by Carol Hall, refers to times where families who didn’t have much money could only afford to purchase hard candy, often referred to as “penny candy” for their family for Christmas. Many are experiencing a hard candy Christmas… Read More »
Barriers To God’s Grace
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Barriers To God’s Grace There are many trials and low spots we experience throughout our lives that become barriers to receiving God’s grace. The biggest barrier of all is our free will. God allows us to have a say-so in the choices we make for ourselves. The freedom to choose has… Read More »
Almost But Not Yet
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 »
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 »
Powerless Over COVID-19
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Powerless Over COVID-19 You practice the three W’s: Wear Your Mask Wash Your Hands Watch Your Distance Outside of these three disciplines, you are powerless over COVID-19. You can’t change how others respond to this virus; you can only change yourself. It’s time to turn your eyes toward God and see… 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 »
Wonderful Peace
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Wonderful Peace ”When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love… Read More »