As another bruising year ends, Christmas offers a reminder that peace is not found in power, wealth or spectacle, but in inner integrity, humility and care for others.
In an exchange between Jesus and the crowd he asked: “what did you go out into the desert to look at?”
Looking for the wrong things: peace, power and the meaning of Christmas
2025 can hardly be measured as a great year for humanity, or indeed for the planet. Will next year be any better? Probably not. Why not? Because overall we are accustomed to look for and treasure the wrong things, that is, they are the wrong things if we are genuinely interested in harmony and human wellbeing.