Posts Tagged: silent night

Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Expect a Miracle

          One of my favorite Christmas traditions is singing “Silent Night” by candlelight at the end of the Christmas Eve service.  Not only is Silent Night one of the most theologically rich hymns of the Christian tradition.  Not only does it sound beautiful on organ or guitar or with no accompaniment at… Read more »

Holy Land: Day Four

…and the walls came a tumblin’ down…never to be built again. Today we traveled to Jericho in a Palestinian controlled area, the West Bank.  Several soldiers met our driver at a checkpoint and asked who we were.  Quickly they raised the blockade and we went on our way (by the way, this checkpoint was nothing… Read more »