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Finding joy in the hidden: a Christmas reflection on humility and love

Leave a Comment / Hamilton Spectator, Newspaper columns / December 20, 2025 / Christmas, Noel, the Nativity, the nature of God / 4 minutes of reading

Sitting on our home’s front window ledge these days is a simple sign that says, “Noel.” A
nativity scene is carved inside the letter O. I found it in a country store. The modest window in a window isn’t much. Except it is. This is how it goes with things hidden
in plain view.

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It was a recent summer evening and she sat me at the bar because there was space. Before ordering a salad and drink, I lifted my rucksack and a couple of books spilled out. “What are you reading?” I then told her, the waitress, about Philip Roth’s novella “Goodbye Columbus,” about a summer romance that ended in