Mysterious paradoxes collide in this story. A story of a baby, Born into nothing, Yet born into everything. Born in a shed, But born in love, And is love And brings love. The paradox of a young woman, Not yet wedded, Blessed to bring life, Into this world that needs life Needs hope Requires love. […]
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Hope — Marcy Gansler Hauser, USA
I remember thinking to myself that losing my son could be a cloud over the rest of my life, or he could be the light in my life. I made a conscious decision to hope. Hope is what gets us out of bed each morning. Hope is what has us peering around the corner to […]
Read full textPeace prayer – Phil Porter, USA
Creator God, you who knows us to our very core, Who can see where we ache and where we delight, Who sings lullabies to the tender places in our hearts, Who understands our struggles and our insecurities, You who can spin the worlds and still hear our quiet prayers, Who will stop for the wounded […]
Read full textBecause of Mary — William Stephenson, USA
Because of Mary – an Advent reflection Because of Mary all class, all castes, all hierarchical systems are now undermined. Because of Mary the world can no longer categorize someone as being worthless or worth less than somebody else. Because of Mary the Christmas story is for little ones and the poor… the victims of […]
Read full textBlue Christmas Prayer — Fiona Hulbert, UK
Our God, we gather together in the bleak midwinter. Those who have much to thank you for, who rejoice in your goodness, and those who look out on a landscape of broken dreams and hardly dare to hope for Good News. Those whose hearts and homes are full of Christmas joy, and those whose Christmas […]
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