Holiday Blues
These end-of-year holidays seem to increase the social pressure to gather together and at least pretend like everything is almost normal.
When Jesus spoke the Gospel, the good news, he defined it as the Kingdom of Heaven being at hand, meaning right here, very near, and coming soon. Will we help Kingdom come, or will we remain at cross purposes with God, one another, and God's coming Kingdom? Thy will, be done, Lord, on earth as it is in the Kingdom of Heaven.