The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Sunday December 25th, 2022
A choice of chances and wishes by Thanos Kalamidas
Despite first and superficial impressions, Christmas editorial in a magazine like Ovi is not about religion but a chance to talk about certain things. Choices, chances, wants and wishes.
A chance to remind that this minute the theocratic rulers of Afghanistan absolutely forbid education for women, among many other things not including yet the right to breath. Merry times!
The other day I’ve read under the big letters headline: good news, only 11.500 children die a day compared to 33.000 only a few years before. OK I’m speechless. 11.500 children die and this is… good news? What about no children die? What kind of news that would have been… merry news!
And then under this headline to other news, the authoritarian social media mogul Elon Musk, who paid 44 BILLION DOLLARS to buy Twitter, has blocked from Twitter journalists who dared to criticize him.
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Christmas in Paris #poem by Dr. Lawrence Nannery
“When mother died, she got to think about her father,
This man she never knew.
All she knew was that he had relocated in Paris.
A Paris phone book gave her his exact address.
She wrote a friendly note and send it off, but there was no response.
She tried again a few months later, but no response.”
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Reflections on the Meaning of Christmas by Lewis, Bonhoeffer and Chesterton: a Spiritual Gift by Dr. Emanuel Paparella
C.S. Lewis (1898 – 1963), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) and G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) are three of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. They were all big fans of Christmas and all had something to say relevant to the joyous season. In this season of Advent, or the four weeks when we wait and prepare for Christmas, I’d like to share a few nuggets of their reflections on Christmas. It may help us to better prepare by remembering the reason for the season.
In The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, when Narnia was under the curse of the evil white witch, the kingdom was described as the land where it was “always winter, but never Christmas.” It appears that C.S. Lewis was not very pleased with the way many who bear Christ’s name celebrate Christ’s birth. This is what he had to say about such a strange phenomenon:
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Berserk Alert! – Xmas08 #Cartoon by Tony Zuvela
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