Scripture for this Sunday: Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 In 1863, in the midst of the American Civil War, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem, “Christmas Bells:” I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to […]
Archive | 2020/01/04
Theme for Christmas Day 2019
I have an issue with one of the Christmas carols that we sing: Away in a Manger. The problem? “No crying he makes.” What? Why not? Was there something wrong with him?! I was present at the birth of my own child who no crying did make – and the paediatric cardiologist who fortunately happened to be […]