Every year, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College in Cambridge features a new carol commissioned for the Christmas Eve service. This year, Hungarian poet George Szirtes's poem "The Flight," inspired by the plight of refugees trying to make their way to Europe, was set to music by Richard Causton. (Lyrics and link …
On this second day of Christmas, I offer the following reflection on St. Stephen's Day, originally written for Fling Wide the Doors, the 2014-2015 Advent and Christmastide devotional by the community of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicago. Stephen's story is recorded in the book of Acts. He was appointed as one of the first deacons of …
