Advent 2021: Love “There is Room at My Side for Thee” “Thou dost reign on high / with a kingly crown / yet Thou camest to earth for me / and in Bethlehem’s home / was there found no room / for Thy holy nativity.” “Thou Dost Reign on High,” written by Emily E.S....
Advent 2021: Peace “Peace on the Earth, Goodwill to Men” “‘Peace on the earth, goodwill to men / from heaven’s all-gracious King’ / The world in solemn stillness lay / to hear the angels sing.” Several years ago, I saw a dramatization of the birth, life, and death of...
Advent 2021: Hope “Born on Earth For Us Below” “See, amid the winter’s snow / Born on earth for us below / See, the tender Lamb appears / Promised from eternal years.” Thus opens Edward Caswall’s “See, Amid the Winter’s Snow,” one of the more obscure and, to me, one...