How to be Happy

This week, I am taking a hiatus from the book-fest that I've happily indulged in to, instead, talk about how to be happy. This is one of the more personal posts on this blog. This is a rather long post, so please bare with me!

Christianity and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: "I was A Stranger and You Welcomed Me"

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Dear Reader,

As a preface, this blog is not only a BookBlog. It is everything I want it to be. I will have an Author interview up next week (it will be sooo exciting!), but as for this week, i'll be talking social justice and Christianity. 


Joseph and the pregnant Mary were not refugees trudging through the land to get to Bethlehem. (They eventually ran away due to Herod wanting to kill Jesus, but that is after the "Christmas" story.) But, prior to Jesus' birth, when they were heading to Bethlehem, they were not in fear for their lives; they were not running away from bombs being pelted upon their homes; they were not running away from a food shortage so severe that they had to ask for for credit just to feed their children bread; they were not so desperate that they had to bring their children across the sea just for  the tug of the ocean to drag their young children and loved ones into the dark and churning watery depths. That was not the case.