Every year around this time, someone writes to ask how they can find this video.

There are multiple versions of it from different spiritual centers and churches where I spoke over the years, but this was the original delivered during the 2015 holiday season at the Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta, during the years I served as Spiritual Director.

I listened to it in my car today after receiving yet another request and found myself reflecting on where I was in 2015, how much has changed since then, and how much, both culturally and personally, has remained steadfast. I can’t recall the events of that holiday season ten years ago and why I was inspired to weave together the thirteen-day scare of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the writings of British philosopher James Allen, and a classic Christmas carol.

Listening again today, I’m reminded that humanity lives in a rhythm of remembering and forgetting, loving and warring, and that what wakes us is rarely convenience. It’s disruption with purpose.