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Christmas Bells I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play,And wild and sweetThe words...

The Stable The winds were scornful,Passing by;And gathering AngelsWondered why A burdened MotherDid not mindThat...

The God We Hardly Knew No one can celebratea genuine Christmaswithout being truly poor.The self-sufficient, the...

Hill Christmas They came over the snow to the bread’spurer snow, fumbled it in their hugehands, put their lips to...

The Journey Of The Magi A cold coming we had of it,Just the worst time of the yearFor a journey, and such a long...

Advent 1955 The Advent wind begins to stirWith sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir,It's dark at breakfast, dark at...

Nativity Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb,Now leaves His well-belov'd imprisonment,There He hath made Himself...

Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem Thunder rumbles in the mountain passes And lightning rattles the eaves of our...

Advent 'Come,' Thou dost say to Angels,To blessed Spirits, 'Come':'Come,' to the lambs of Thine own flock,Thy...

ADVENT (On a theme by Dietrich Bonhoeffer) Look how longthe tired world waited,locked in its lonely cell,guilty as...