"What does it matter what men call the light?" T.H.White, The Once and Future King

This is Christmas Eve and Christians all over the world are pausing to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
The story of his life is a beautiful one of peace and tolerance and compassion for each other. His was a message that proclaimed how alike we are, not different. So much in all faiths gets lost in translation. The fear in us hungers to control what it does not understand about the world of the soul. We are still learning that the power of faith is not to be confused with the power of men. Perhaps when we feel despair over all the strife and heartache this has caused, it would be comforting to remember this simple truth: despite the differences of beliefs across our world, they all call us to be our highest, truest, best selves. And that, my dear ones, is the shining hope we all can cling to.