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The Christmas Truce 1914

19 Dec 2018

My Christmas Eve Post for 2018

How do you think of Christmas time? Over the past few decades, I’ve come to see winter as a time of peace. A time to pull inward; a time for personal reflection and a time to breath in the wonder and … Read More

December 25 1914, Janet Givens author, John McCutcheon, My Annual Christmas Eve Post, My name is Francis Tolliver, The Christmas Truce 1914
24 Dec 2016

MY ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EVE POST

  It’s Christmas Eve and with so many new subscribers, I’m happy to post a link to the Christmas story I’ve posted each year since 2013. It’s a story that begs to be remembered.  But this year, I’m afraid I have no more … Read More

Christmas in the trenches, peace in the midst of war, The Christmas Eve truce, The Christmas Truce 1914
18 Dec 2013

Christmas in the Trenches

   December 25, 1914 One day when enemies stopped fighting New Year’s Eve 2012, I was privileged to be in the audience when a small group of performers offered a song I’d never heard. Christmas In the Trenches so moved me, I … Read More

Christmas in the trenches, Janet Givens author, Peace, The Christmas Truce 1914, World War I Christmas truce
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LEAPFROG: How to hold a civil conversation in an uncivil era

“Janet’s LEAPFROG describes— in an accessible and fun way— the nuts and bolts of how to have a civil conversation…”

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At Home on the Kazakh Steppe:A Peace Corps Memoir

Praise from Kirkus Review

“…she writes engagingly … a sharp-eyed journalist. A worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in humanitarian work.”

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, A Peace Corps Memoir, by Janet Givens
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