Christmas Joy Is Contagious, Even For Grumpy Adults

If joy feels scarce and the cultural noise won’t quit, here’s a calmer path forward. We pull together three strands—how we raise our kids, how we ready our souls, and how a nation holds its center—and trace them through Scripture, history, and a timeless Christmas message from President Calvin Coolidge. The throughline is simple: standards matter, humility matters, and joy rooted in Christ outlasts the season.

We start with the honest ache we hear from college and trade school students who sense something is wrong. Rather than scolding a generation, we turn the mirror on ourselves: adults set expectations, shape incentives, and model habits. From there, we talk about building homes where discipline and love walk together, and revisit a marriage passage in Proverbs that frames covenant as a mutual promise of delight and devotion. Then Revelation 10 invites us to “take and eat” the open scroll—truth that is sweet and heavy—and to live ready because there will be no more delay. Psalm 138 calls us to humility that God draws near, while Proverbs 30 warns against pride that devours the needy.

History gives flesh to principle. The Medal of Honor story of Peter Martin Bohm shows how one brave act can rally the wavering. Coolidge’s Christmas message reminds us that the spirit of the season is not about what we give but who we are while we give, and that a nation’s strength rests on the strength of its religious convictions. We close with assurance: security in Christ frees us to serve boldly, raise standards kindly, and carry a steady joy into ordinary days.

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