Well that was quite a month! One minute I’m lounging in my red chair amidst flickering candles feeling the depth of luxurious contemplation (quite sure that this Christmas would finally be a restful one), and the next thing I know it is the 28th of December, with Christmas flown by in a typhoon of blustery [...]
Entries from December 2007
December 10, 2007
Christmas in Cadence – Part Two
This poem seemed somehow fitting in light of yesterday.
Peace? and to all the world? sure, one
And he the prince of peace, hath none.
He travels to be born, and then
Is born to travel more again.
Poor Galilee! thou can’st not be
The place for his Nativity.
His restless mother’s call’d away,
And not deliver’d till she pay.
A Tax? ’tis so [...]
December 9, 2007
Church Shootings
Update
The other three people shot were from the same family; a dad and his two daughters. Both of the girls have died. I can’t even imagine the pain in their hearts right now. Thank you all so much for praying!
If you have watched the news today, you have probably heard about the shootings at [...]
December 3, 2007
Christmas in Cadence – Part One
(I’m going to be posting a few of my favorite Christmas poems every Monday for the next several weeks. Some lyrical inspiration in the season of Advent, just for fun. Enjoy!)
Christmas hath a darkness
Brighter than the blazing noon,
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty,
Lovelier than the world can show,
For Christmas [...]
