The Work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among others,
To make music in the heart.
-- Howard Thurman
I know this is not the Christmas season, but I do feel a shift in this last week: one of our many uncertainties has ceased to be an uncertainty. There is a little ledge that we can push off of, a tiny toehold. One piece of the precariousness and anxiety that has fogged our heads and commanded all our attention has released us to begin the daunting work that needs to be done. It’s time to tear down the bunting and unplug the microphones and put the podiums back in storage and start the work. May God grant each of us, and our whole nation, the strength that this journey will require.
--The Rev. Barbara Talcott
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