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I was asked yesterday, in a non-church environment, to write a short description of an incident in my life when I found myself “surprised by light.”
Every year over the past three decades, I have written a Christmas story to read to the children who attend worship at St. Philip on Christmas Day.
It is not exactly a work of art, but the creative direction of Karen Fallan, the artistic genius of Jenni Jennings, the gentle coordinating power of Barbara DiLucca, and the extraordinary musical and acting gifts of so many willing participants took this script and created a magical gift of Christmas beauty and joy. It really was:
We had touching and beautiful stories shared in church yesterday by people describing moments over the past few days that for them had been “pregnant with the presence of God.”
I wonder what the editors of Scribner’s Monthly thought in the late nineteenth century when they received Christina Rossetti’s submission in response to their request for a “Christmas poem.”
I am not sure the Rev. John Henry Hopkins (1820-1891) has done Epiphany a favour with his much-loved carol, “We Three Kings of Orient Are.”
Dear Stranger In The Pew,
I am sorry I did not get the chance to greet you personally over the Christmas season.
Christ is the power of hope, peace, joy and love.
Krista Tippett, host of “On Being”, has launched a broadside attack against Christmas.
In A Spacious Place 
Wheaton Worries About The Wrong Question
December 23, 2015 in Christmas, Current Comment, Theology | Tags: Larycia Hawkins, Nate Haken, Wheaton College | Leave a comment
Nate Haken is a graduate of the Wheaton College which has become notorious for its recent decision to suspend with pay a professor who dared claim that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
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