The Song in the Night (Luke 2:8-20)
A Christmas Homily from Carl F. H. Henry
“The Song in the Night,” date unknown. Sermons—Miscellaneous, Q-Z, Box 2, Folder 14, Carl F. H. Henry Collection, Gleason Archer Archives, Deerfield, Illinois. This story, of the angels and the shepherds, opens at night. It is the story of darkness and fright, which ends in exultation and jubilee. Life has many chapters like that, but…
The Advent of a King
On December 25th, we commemorate the story of the King and the beginning of his mission. To hear it fresh we will tell it a bit strangely. And so this story of a king is also the story of a kingdom. Many hundreds of years before, this kingdom had been divided into two, north and…
The Visions, Vibrations, and Tremors of Mary
Virgin Annunciate by Antonello da Messina Again. Closer. This time only one hand startles, Losing her place in the book of hours. The other goes on worrying the light Habit of modesty protecting the angels. Will it be the image bound to emerge from this blur of words Shuddering through her? A full moon of the…
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