Is it possible to understand Christmas more meaningfully through the contrasts that it creates and we create? While some contrasts of Christmas are troubling, others are comforting. The poems in this book juxtapose some of these. There are contrasts of the past and present, contrasts within past and present time, contrasts of wealth and poverty, etc. They evoke vivid images, many of which we know well. Some are pleasant and others are disturbing. How do we deal with the reality of many of these contrasts that emphasize our failure to grasp the meaning of Christmas in such a way that we live out the message of peace and goodwill? The Advent and Christmas seasons are seasons of hope and failure. The hope of peace and goodwill inaugurated in the birth of the Christ Child is contrasted with the failure of his followers to realize the peace and goodwill of which the angels sing. How does a careful look at the contrasts of Christmas help us better understand its meaning and how its meaning can be fulfilled in us? These poems explore this question and offer some helpful and timely responses.
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Christmas Contrasts
Poems That Explore Different Ways to Understand Christmas
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Foreword by C. Michael Hawn
- Introduction
- 3. A Newborn Child
- 4. Names of the Holy Child
- 5. From 63 B.C.E.
- 6. Never the Same and Yet the Same
- 7. Of Abraham’s Lineage
- 8. A Palestinian Jewish Boy
- 9. Messiah Love
- 10. Remembering Ein Keram18
- 11. Mother of God
- 12. The Birth of a Shepherd
- 13. Following a Star
- 14. Wisdom from the East
- 15. Tidings of Great Joy
- 16. Silent Nights
- 17. Christmas Carols
- 18. Christmas Candles
- 19. A Silent Christmas Morn
- 20. An Unjust Palestine
- 21. A Christmas Song, Old and New
- 22. What Shall We Sing in Bethlehem?
- 23. “All Glory Be to God on High”
- 24. Powerless Rome
- 25. Alone at Christmas
- 26. The Gift That I Want Most
- 27. To Want, Need, Wait
- 28. Our Family
- 29. Tradition(s)
- 30. Christmas Memory
- 31. Remembering Christmas
- 32. Mother’s Fruitcakes
- 33. The Best Christmas Gift
- 34. My Best Gift
- 35. A Child’s Christmas
- 36. The Christmas Card
- 37. Overwhelming Joy
- 38. An Alpine Christmas Eve
- 39. Christmas Light(s)
- 40. Christmas Gain and Loss
- Epilogue
- 41. Contrasts of Christmas
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