The Battle of Advent

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I live on a reservation where I see many battles.

Even while I watch my little boy fight imaginary foes with a wooden sword, I am praying for my brothers and sisters in Christ who are fighting the battles of addiction, grief, loneliness, rejection, generational trauma, and hopelessness.

Those foes rise up with intimidating strength to snuff out goodness, truth, and beauty. One smiling, laughing little girl was transformed to a shadowy figure hovering in a dark doorway, f...