From the Jewish Communication Network, here are the Top 10 Reasons why Hanukkah is better than Christmas: 10) No roof damage from reindeer 9) Never a silent night when you’re with your Jewish loved ones. 8) If you give a bad gift, you have seven more days to...
Here is Christmas from the vantage point of English domestic farm life in the 16th century. It is called “Description of the Feast of the Birth of Christ, commonly called Christmas:” Of Christ commeth Christmas, the name with the feast, a time full of...
“Eugene Petersen has a poem in which he calls this leap in the womb a dance to ‘worldbeat of the womb’s music.’ . . . Beat in our heart and soul and womb, O God. Beat out the rhythm of calm and safety and salvation. Let us all hear the… To access this post, you...
Christmas Eve Litany Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 One: Tonight we tell a story Many: The story of how God came to be with us. One: To a virgin and her betrothed Many: On a cold night, in a town crowded beyond belief One: With the two of them huddled in...
THE SIMPLICITY OF GOD Luke 2:1-7 It’s a complicated ordeal, this business of celebrating Christmas. We do make it complicated, don’t we? Tom Tewell, pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan tells the story of a little girl who was carried away with the...
