Loading...Last night was the magical:
star light, angels singing, candles, children caroling, shepherds amazed and startled;
the stories; the songs.
Today is the mystical:
the Word made flesh
in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God;
what has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people;
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
[singing]
Of the Father’s love begotten ere the worlds began to be,
he is Alpha and Omega, he the source, the ending he,
of the things that are, that have been, and that future years shall see,
evermore and evermore.
And then,
tomorrow is ... Boxing Day.
No.
Tomorrow is the day –
TODAY is the day when we put it all into action and into reality.
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Years ago, a pastor and teacher named Howard Thurman wrote “Christmas Poem”. Here is that poem, but adapted slightly by lyricist and musician Jim Strathdee:
When the song of the angels is stilled
When the star in the sky is gone
When the magi and the shepherds have found their way home,
the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost and lonely one,
to heal the broken soul with love,
to feed the hungry children with warmth and good food
to feel the earth below, the sky above!
to free the prisoner from all chains
to make the powerful care,
to rebuild the nations with strength of good will,
to see God’s children everywhere!
to bring hope to every task you do,
to dance at a baby’s new birth,
the make music in an old person’s heart,
and to sing to the colors of the earth!
After the magical and the mystical, we engage in the practical:
sharing the truth of God’s incarnational love for us in Jesus with the world.
Amen
