“Yet with the woes of sin and strife the world hath suffered long;Beneath the angel-strain have rolled two thousand years of wrong;And man, at war with man, hears not the love song which they bring:O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing.”from “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” by Edmund … Continue reading A Spiritual Rest during the Holidays
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Thunder and Lightning and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
While listening to a radio program which mentioned Santa’s reindeer in the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, something occurred to my mom about Donner and Blitzen. In her native German language, donner means thunder, and blitzen means lightning. We were both curious to know if the creator of the song chose these names because of … Continue reading Thunder and Lightning and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer