It was the third straight Christmas we lived far from home. I worked in a college town in the deep South, where it never snowed at Christmas.

As I look out my window this year, fresh snow weighs down green bushes. It’s an interesting paradox: snow weighing down plants that still look alive but are dormant.

It’s Christmas time, a time when we celebrate the birth of Christ. In the U.S., surveys show that more than 80% of us believe in God.