No Christmas in Bethlehem: A litany
"How can we celebrate Christmas when there is no Christmas in Bethlehem?" writes Bruce Reyes-Chow.
"How can we celebrate Christmas when there is no Christmas in Bethlehem?" writes Bruce Reyes-Chow.
Come, Lord Jesus — in the retelling of the familiar story, in the souls that gather to listen, writes Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Come alive, O Christ in every broken place so that love fills every gap, writes Jeremy Wilhelmi.
Christian Iosso writes: "Blessed are those who have no 'home for the holidays,' without jobs or funds to buy gifts, who have outlived their friends..."
Here is a tool to invite the holy into the day.
A Christmas Eve prayer based on Luke 2:1-14 and John 1:1-14 by Roger Gench.
"Wherever we find ourselves this day, we plead for the wisdom to be alert, aware, awake to your inbreaking and the transformation it brings in us and in all creation," writes Jill Duffield.
A Christmas Eve prayer by Jill Duffield.
"No longer do we stumble through the dark valley of death. No longer do we fear evil. No longer do we languish in despair," writes Jill Duffield.
"Visit us this night with angels, give us ears to hear the chorus of good news of great joy for all people, grant us the courage to leave what we know in order to encounter heaven come to earth," writes Jill Duffield.