Christmas 🎄
In his Spenserian sonnet, “Christmas,” Jeffrey Essmann considers Christmas memories: the ones that fade, the ones that remain 🎄 Continue reading Christmas 🎄
In his Spenserian sonnet, “Christmas,” Jeffrey Essmann considers Christmas memories: the ones that fade, the ones that remain 🎄 Continue reading Christmas 🎄
In her prayer, “Remembering Christ,” Candace Arthuria recounts the birth of Jesus from a contemporary perspective 🎄
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In her essay, “Not a Drill,” Heidi Turner reflects on the inevitability of death and how Christ’s call does not circumvent it. Continue reading Not a Drill
In his poem, “The Nightingales Flute,” Stephen Paul Wren writes in honor of poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Continue reading The Nightingales Flute
In his essay, “Soeur Roux,” J. S. Absher describes a humble woman of faith who found herself encumbered with a valuable but frivolous painting. Continue reading Soeur Roux
In his poem, “Modern Christmas,” J. S. Absher shows how even our commercial Christmas can summon us to love one another 🎄 Continue reading Modern Christmas 🎄
In his poem, “First Christmas,” J. S. Absher imagines the first Christmas as happening in spring, during lambing season 🎄 Continue reading First Christmas 🎄
In his triolet, “Christmas 2021,” J. S. Absher ponders the meaning of Christmas as we grow older 🎄 Continue reading Christmas 2021 🎄
In his short story, “The Nativity Speaks,” Mark Weinrich ponders what the nativity pieces would say if they could speak 🎄 Continue reading The Nativity Speaks 🎄
In his poem, “The OX Christmas,” Mark Weinrich shares a true story from Christmas morning 🎄 Continue reading The OX Christmas 🎄
In her poem, “The True Joy of Christmas,” Pat Severin paints a picture of what Christmas often becomes, a time of busy preparations and a forgetting of the reason we celebrate 🎄 Continue reading The True Joy of Christmas🎄
In her poem, “Not Last, But First,” Pat Severin reminds us that the story of the Babe of Bethlehem, though centuries old, can be new again🎄 Continue reading Not Last, But First 🎄