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Finding inner peace at Christmas

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Release Date: 12/20/2025

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The Christmas season is meant to be a time of peace and joy, but for many, it's a season of stress, conflict, and heartache. Are you worried about an impending divorce, family disputes, blended family friction, or the strain of unemployment, depression, or abuse? You are not alone.

In this special holiday episode, I discuss this rather prickly issue with Clive Twain, an offshore helicopter captain in the UK. A lifetime friend, committed Christian, and author of the highly-praised book, Grace for Grace, Clive lives in the UK with his wife and daughters.

Over an hour or so, he shares powerful, practical principles drawn directly from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ—the very reason we gather—to help you navigate the toughest holiday situations.

We will share:

❤️ How to find the inner peace you crave when faced with revived family conflict.

❤️Learning to see things from others' perspectives by looking at the early life of Jesus.

❤️ What Jesus taught about loving our "enemies" and those who consistently cause us harm.

❤️ Setting healthy boundaries: When you have every right to stop being around those who are abusive.

❤️ The role of temperance and patience in diffusing conflict, and how they relate to the core message of Clive's book.

Using scriptures like Romans 12:17-21 and Moroni 7:47-48, Clive provides three essential principles to help you experience genuine peace amidst the chaos. Whether you are a new or seasoned Christian, this conversation will offer you the light and guidance needed to make this Christmas season one of true rest and spiritual growth.

 

 

📘 Clive is the author of the book 'Grace for Grace' this is the first of two books; the second will be released in 2026. Here is an affiliate link for you from which I will earn a small amount: https://amzn.to/3WFefNt

Book cover design © Franz Sidney

 

Topics covered: sad at Christmas, alone, lonely, rejection, feeling low, peaceful Christmas, difficult holiday time, how to have a good Christmas, a Christian based Christmas, return to traditional Christmas, forgiveness, abuse, victim of slandering, hurt by others, what Jesus taught, love your enemies.

 

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Watch our interview here: https://youtu.be/9DEdiaH2AiY

In the end of the interview you will see all the scriptural references listed so you can add them to your time of pondering, prayer and meditation 

 

🎼Musical Credits:

🎼 All music is from Free Youtube Audio library - however:

🎼We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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🎼Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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🎼Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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🎼Bethlehem - Christmas by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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President Russell M. Nelson, April 2023, "Whatever questions or problems you have, the answer is always found in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ ... Turn to him, Follow him.”