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Longest Night of All the Year
186. Longest Night of All the Year It is the Winter Solstice and this is the day for the hymn that ends with light. This can be sung to the tune of “Jesus, Lover of My Soul.” — Longest Night of All the Year…
The Longest Night—Almost
185. The Longest Night—Almost We are on the very brink of the Winter Solstice, and I have a hymn and a poem. These are the dark times, the long nights, and in the very midst of the holiday season people who are dealing with…
Be Strong!
184. Be Strong! In these days of long nights and short days, of tragedy alive, and controversy raging—I find myself thinking of this old hymn entitled “Be Strong!” It was in the 1905 Methodist Hymnal. It was written by Maltbie Davenport Babcock, born in…
Christmas Sestina
183. Christmas Sestina — he is here again — baby Jesus Bethlehem roads full of crowds shepherds seeing light in skies beckoning wisdom and gifts and Mary’s eyes hold mystery as her life turns a challenging way — fog shrouds the way of what…
Legend or True?
182. Legend or True? How about the candy canes? Have you heard the story? It is told that in 1642 when Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans came into power, they curtailed the celebrations of Christmas. Sort of thought they were too commercialized. But there’s…
Ring Christmas Bells
181. Ring Christmas Bells The third Sunday of Advent often has a theme of Joy and to acknowledge that I hang bells on every door knob so that as I and others go in and out of the doors, the bells ring and remind…
Closet Meditation
180. Closet Meditation — I sat within the empty closet to feel the dark — dense black my eyes strained to see — the space closed in as the darkness grew — I struck one match lit one candle and the closet changed —…
A Little Hum and a Quiet Prayer
179. A Little Hum and a Quiet Prayer Today there has been a shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. Children and adults have been killed. And as normal things go on in my life, I cannot help but think how un-normal things are…
Kazoos at the Symphony
178. Kazoos at the Symphony Every year the Nashville Symphony Orchestra gave a concert especially for children. In 1964 we went—three children and I, along with hundreds of others. At the end of the concert, just before the last piece, the conductor turned and…
Incarnation
177. Incarnation God With Me — incarnation God with me today yesterday tomorrow — around me a part of me within me — I breathe differently when I feel God within me — I move with awareness when I think of God in…
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