In this sermon, we ask what it means to remain, to witness, and to respond when others have fled or forgotten. By examining some of the stranger and more sinister Christmas time traditions, Rev. RItchie explores winter as both literal and spiritual terrain: a season that holds grief, stillness, and transformation. From ghost stories to climate collapse, from ethical inhabitation to the art of hospitality in desolate places, this reflection invites us to dwell where others fear to look—and to consider what quiet powers emerges when we do.

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