Christmas Contrasts
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Christmas Contrasts

Poems That Explore Different Ways to Understand Christmas

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eBook - ePub

Christmas Contrasts

Poems That Explore Different Ways to Understand Christmas

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword by C. Michael Hawn
  3. Introduction
  4. 3. A Newborn Child
  5. 4. Names of the Holy Child
  6. 5. From 63 B.C.E.
  7. 6. Never the Same and Yet the Same
  8. 7. Of Abraham’s Lineage
  9. 8. A Palestinian Jewish Boy
  10. 9. Messiah Love
  11. 10. Remembering Ein Keram18
  12. 11. Mother of God
  13. 12. The Birth of a Shepherd
  14. 13. Following a Star
  15. 14. Wisdom from the East
  16. 15. Tidings of Great Joy
  17. 16. Silent Nights
  18. 17. Christmas Carols
  19. 18. Christmas Candles
  20. 19. A Silent Christmas Morn
  21. 20. An Unjust Palestine
  22. 21. A Christmas Song, Old and New
  23. 22. What Shall We Sing in Bethlehem?
  24. 23. ā€œAll Glory Be to God on Highā€
  25. 24. Powerless Rome
  26. 25. Alone at Christmas
  27. 26. The Gift That I Want Most
  28. 27. To Want, Need, Wait
  29. 28. Our Family
  30. 29. Tradition(s)
  31. 30. Christmas Memory
  32. 31. Remembering Christmas
  33. 32. Mother’s Fruitcakes
  34. 33. The Best Christmas Gift
  35. 34. My Best Gift
  36. 35. A Child’s Christmas
  37. 36. The Christmas Card
  38. 37. Overwhelming Joy
  39. 38. An Alpine Christmas Eve
  40. 39. Christmas Light(s)
  41. 40. Christmas Gain and Loss
  42. Epilogue
  43. 41. Contrasts of Christmas