“Master, you are dismissing your servant in peace, for my eyes have seen your salvation…” (Simeon, Luke 2: 29-30) A friend posted on Facebook a photograph of five generations in her family, ranging from her grandmother down to her grandchild and I wondered at the scope of human history and experience represented in the generations …
Month: December 2011
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Luke 2:1-20 “O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see the lie…” (Philip Brooks, 1868) I took my usual walk this morning. I hadn’t intended to, hoping to sleep in a while before getting started on a busy day, but my Monday-Friday internal clock got the better of me and so I got up …
A Story for Christmas Eve
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me: he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of …