After the minister left the podium, the congregation stood. All hands enveloped open hymnals while open mouths poured out the song’s first line,O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie…. Tingles went up the back of my head. My chest constricted, as if the pews were grab...
Juice of Barley (Downriver to the Sea) - Traditional O! The Joy - Clark, William Sitting in the Stern of a Boat (The Vote at the Pacific) - Traditional O Little Town of Bethlehem/Auld Lang Syne (Rainy and Wet: Winter at Fo - Redner, L.H. Let All Things Now Living - Davis, Ka...
harvest, and other fun aspects of fall. For years I’ve been collecting picture books to read with my preschool and elementary kids in the fall that don’t focus on Halloween, yet somehow I’ve never written a post
He spoke of the boy’s birth to a man and wife from Nazareth who had traveled to Bethlehem; he told me about Herod’s schemes and the appearance of angels in visions and dreams to deliver the child and his parents. He started to describe the kingdom of God coming, and an age where...
The closest I came was briefly covering training camp in Bethlehem when I worked at the Morning Call newspaper in Allentown 10 years ago. Even then, I still didn’t attend a game in Philly until last season. How was Jim able to stay away for over 35 years from the team he followed ...