20 December 2025

Stretching. Walk, slowly, ever so slowly, in La Cueva neighborhood.

Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
What Child Is This? – Mahalia Jackson
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Go Tell It On The Mountain – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat. Tom Waits
Jehovah The Lord Will Provide – Harry Belafonte
I Saw Three Ships – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Las Posadas – José Feliciano
Silent Night – The Temptations
Asleep At Last -The Wailin’ Jennys
A Cradle In Bethlehem – Nat King Cole
I Wonder as I Wander – Ed Ames
O Holy Night – Jennifer Nettles
Little Drummer Boy – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells – Windham Hill Artists
Come Faithful Ones – Red Nativity

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19 December 2025

Walking North Domingo Multigenerational Center track. Marginally faster than yesterday.

The Rebel Jesus – Seven Nations
Once in Royal David’s City – David Briggs, Orgnn/Stephen Cleobury/Choir of King’s College, Cambridge King’s College Choir
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Sarah McLachlan, feat. The Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach Children’s Choir and Youth Choir
We Three Kings – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
The Little Drummer Boy – Dolly Parton
Silent Night – Johnny Cash
O Holy Night – Frances
Magical World – Peter Mayer
The Holly And The Ivy – Alex de Grassi
Go Tell It On The Mountain – James Taylor
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Michael Manring
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
O Come O Come Emmanuel – Carpenters
O Little One Sweet – The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choi
Stille Nacht – James Galway; John Georgiadis: Munich Radio Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Behold, The Lamb Of God – Yellowjackets

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18 December 2025

International Migrants Day. Walking 2.13 miles at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center. Slower pace than yesterday. Stretching.

Unite 75 – Daara J Family
Immigrant – John McCutcheon
Ave Que Emigra – Gabby Moreno
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Gourma – Etran Fintawa
Take Me to Cleveland – Robert Neustadt
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Look in Their Eyes – David Crosby
Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
La Jaula de Oro – Los Tigres del Norte
Alien – Gil-Scott Heron
Cages – Redbait
Bad Hombres y Mujeres – Antonio Sanchez
La Frontera – Lagartijeando, feat. Minuk
Migration – Jonny Lipford
The Dreamer – Jackson Browne
My Only Home – Unchained XL, feat. Genesis Elijah & Femi Ashiru
A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles, feat. John Legend
Running – Keyon Harrold, Andrea Pizziconi & Jasson Harrold, feat. Running feat. Common & Gregory Porter
Amor Migrante – Elena & Los Fulanos
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
Beyond the Border – Bhi Bhiman
Godspeed – Radney Foster
Where We Are – Diana Jones
Migra – Santana
Immigrant Eyes – Willie Nelson
The Immigrants – Gabby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks
Deportees – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
Refugee King – Liz Vice, feat. Hannah Glover
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes

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17 December 2025

Walking 2.25 miles on the track at North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Would post the time but I can’t figure out how to read the sundial that was used. Stretching. The slow start continues.
For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
O Holy Night – Musiq Soulchild
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Celtic Woman
I Believe In Father Christmas – Glòria
Away in a Manger – Joanne Shenandoah
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear -8 Julie Andrews
Celebra – Black Violin, De La Ghetto, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
In dulci jubilo – Choir Of St. George’s Chapel
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – John Legend, feat. Esperanza Spalding
The Longest Night – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells 3:15 Pentatonix
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Angels We Have Heard on High – Karla Bonoff
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Anthony Rapp & Everett Bradley
Silent Night – The Temptations

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Credo del Inmigrante (The Immigrant’s Creed)

With profound thanks to the author, mi hermano he Rev. José Luis Casal.

December 18 is International Migrants Day. This seems an appropriate day to reflect upon Credo del Inmigrante (The Immigrant’s Creed) by the Rev. José Luis Casal.

“Credo del Inmigrante,” José Luis Casal

Creo en Dios Todopoderoso, quien guió a su pueblo durante el éxodo y en el exilio, el Dios de José en Egipto y de Daniel en Babilonia, el Dios de los extranjeros y los inmigrantes.

Creo en Jesucristo, el galileo desplazado, que nació lejos de su hogar y de su gente, que tuvo que huir de su país con sus padres porque su vida corría peligro, y cuando regresó del exilio, tuvo que sufrir la opresión del tirano Poncio Pilato, servidor de un imperio extranjero; que fue perseguido, injuriado y finalmente torturado; fue acusado y condenado a muerte en un juicio injusto. Sin embargo, al tercer día ese Jesús despreciado resucitó de la muerte, no como extranjero sino para ofrecernos la ciudadanía de los cielos.

Creo en el Espíritu Santo, el Inmigrante eterno del Reino de Dios entre nosotros, quien habla todas las lenguas, habita en todos los países y reúne a todas las razas.

Creo en la Iglesia como un hogar seguro para todo extranjero y creyente, donde hablamos un mismo idioma y tenemos el mismo propósito.

Creo que la Comunión de los Santos comienza cuando aceptamos la Diversidad de los Santos.

Creo en el perdón que nos hace a todos iguales, y en la reconciliación que nos identifica mucho más que la raza, el idioma o la nacionalidad.

Creo que Dios en la Resurrección nos reúne a todos como un solo pueblo en el que todos somos distintos, pero iguales al mismo tiempo.

Creo en la Vida Eterna más allá de este mundo, en la cual nadie será inmigrante, sino todos ciudadanos del Reino de Dios que no tendrá fin.

Amén

The Immigrant’s Creed – José Luis Casal

I believe in almighty God, who guided his people in exile and in exodus, the God of Joseph in Egypt and of Daniel in Babylon, the God of foreigners and immigrants.

I believe in Jesus Christ a displaced Galilean, who was born away from his people and his home, who fled his country with his parents when his life was in danger, and returning to his own country suffered the oppression of the tyrant Pontius Pilate, the servant of a foreign power. He was persecuted, beaten, and finally tortured, accused and condemned to death unjustly. But on the third day, this scorned Jesus rose from the dead, not as a foreigner but to offer us citizenship in heaven.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the eternal immigrant from God’s kingdom among us, who speaks all languages, lives in all countries, and reunites all races.

I believe that the church is the secure home for the foreigner and for all believers who constitute it, who speaks the same language and have the same purpose.

I believe that the communion of saints begins when we accept the diversity of the saints.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin, which makes us all equal, and in reconciliation, which identifies us more than does race, language or nationality.

I believe that in the resurrection, God will unite us as one people in which all are distinct, and all are alike at the same time.

Beyond this world, I believe in life eternal in which no one will be an immigrant, but all will be citizens of God’s Kingdom which will never end. Amen.

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16 December 2025

The comeback begins. Walked slowly in the neighborhood. Did morning stretching.
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 – Comfort Ye, My People –    Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Etc.; Adrian Boult: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Gower Wassail – Quadriga Consort
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen  – Sam Levine                
Snowfall – Liz Story       
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Bruce Cockburn
Carol of the Drum / Peace on Earth – Christine Anu, feat. Jay Laga’aia
Feliz Navidad – Daphne Rubin-Vega
We Wish You – Black Violin, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
Carol Of The Bells – Natalie Cole
Cradle Song – John Rutter: Clare College Singers & Orchestra
I Wonder as I Wander Joanne Shenandoah
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Irish Christmas Folk Music
The Stockford Carol – Loreena McKennitt

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Any, no, all

Any human can do hurtful, harmful things.

Any human.

Any human can perform cruel, evil acts.

Any human.

Any human can break a law.

Any human.

But …

no human is illegal.

No human.

No human is garbage.

No human.

And …

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

All humans.

All humans are unique.

All humans.

All humans are precious.

All humans.

All humans deserve respect.

All humans.

All humans deserve dignity.

All humans.

All humans deserve love.

All humans.

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Gift of diversity

Shifting population demographics represent the diverse human family which God creates and loves. They are not signs of replacement nor do they threaten civilizational erasure. They invite us to live more fully the life God intends for us. They are a gift.

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A prayer to find home

On this day
and every day,
may each heart,
may every heart,
find some place,
find some people,
to call home.
Amen.

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A prayer for nurses

Creative, Holy God,

in whom we live and move and have our being,

we ask for healing for those who are ill.

Bless the professionals who

participate with you in healing.

Particularly we pray for nurses.

We rejoice in the gifts the Holy Spirit

bestows upon those who engage in nursing work.

We give thanks for the care they provide.

We are grateful for their professionalism.

compassion and commitment.

For their willingness to work

long hours in strenuous conditions,

we stand in awe.

For the ways in which nurses

enter into the lives of your children

at difficult, painful moments,

we give you praise.

Bless nurses who have touched our lives

and nurses we have never met.

Grant wisdom, grant courage, grant strength,

grant all that is needed for the living of their days

and the fulfillment of their calling.
We pray in the name of Jesus,

who healed people of sickness of body and spirit.

Amen.

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