The Best Gift We Can Give: Ourselves
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The Rev. Nelson Johnson is pastor of Faith Community Church and executive director of the Beloved Community Center, in Greensboro, N.C. He is the recent past national co-president of Interfaith Worker Justice and, this summer, joined in prayer with tobacco workers and Baldemar Velásquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC). The Rev. Nelson reminds us here how fundamental to the union movement are the ways in which we give of ourselves.
The fullness of Christmas is upon us. For tens of millions, Christmas is the most significant holiday of the year. In fact it’s more than a day: Christmas is an entire season. Perhaps no other holiday season involves us in such a range of activities and emotions. Christmas is a season of sharing gifts with loved ones and being charitable toward total strangers; it is a season for gatherings of family, co-worker and religious entities. It is a period of reflection and commitment. Christmas is a season of renewed hope and new possibilities, proclaiming peace on earth and good will (or justice) to all.
