It’s Black Friday. I saw my first “war on Christmas” post.
is the one waged in the minds
of those who cling to judgment,
dividing the world
into saints and sinners,
the chosen few and the “other,”
instead of reaching for compassion and love.
There is no war on Christmas.
Christ is not a season to defend,
a slogan to shout,
or a political battle to win.
He’s not in coffee cups or
greetings expressed.
Jesus lives only
in the hearts of people
willing to let Him in.
And if a war existed at all,
it would be the one we fuel ourselves -
driven by excess,
by our frenzied buying,
by the desperate pursuit of
perfection in one single day,
until greed drowns out
the name of the One
we claim to celebrate.
Poetry by Melinda K Zarate
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Written on 2025-11-28 at 16:04
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The War We Create
The only war on Christmasis the one waged in the minds
of those who cling to judgment,
dividing the world
into saints and sinners,
the chosen few and the “other,”
instead of reaching for compassion and love.
There is no war on Christmas.
Christ is not a season to defend,
a slogan to shout,
or a political battle to win.
He’s not in coffee cups or
greetings expressed.
Jesus lives only
in the hearts of people
willing to let Him in.
And if a war existed at all,
it would be the one we fuel ourselves -
driven by excess,
by our frenzied buying,
by the desperate pursuit of
perfection in one single day,
until greed drowns out
the name of the One
we claim to celebrate.
Poetry by Melinda K Zarate
Read 41 times
Written on 2025-11-28 at 16:04
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