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      A Christmas Feast of Poems
      
        
      
      
        Advent, Christmas, Poetry, Daily InspirationElizabeth MyerChristmas poems, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, Ted Kooser, Lucille Clifton, Marie Howe, Denise Levertov, Jane Kenyon, Naomi Shihab Nye, Robert Hayden, Making the House Ready for the Lord, Making the House Ready for the Lord by Mary Oliver, a song of mary, Mary's Dream by Lucille Clifton, Remembering that it happened once, Remembering that it happened once by Wendell Berry, Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays, Annunciation by Marie Howe, Christmas Mail by Ted Kooser, Mosaic of the Nativity by Jane Kenyon, Mosaic of the Nativity, On the Mystery of the Incarnation, Different Ways to Pray, Different Ways to Pray by Naomi Shihab Nye, Christmas poem, Christmas Poem by e e cummings, Christmas Sparrow, Christmas Sparrow by Billy Collins
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Rethinking Christmas
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      An Advent Poem by Wendell Berry
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 15, 2024
      
        
      
      
        Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerWinter Solstice, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Charles Wesley, Hark, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Bill of Rights, Bill of Rights freedom of religion, First Amendment freedom of religion, Freedom of Religion
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Jesus Was a Refugee
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Two Advent Poems by Emily Dickinson
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 8, 2024
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 1, 2024
      
        
      
      
        Advent, Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerBlue Marble photograph, Apollo 17, Joyce Kilmer, Alfred Joyce Kilmer, St. Nicholas, feast day of St. Nicholas, Christina Rossetti, In the bleak mid-winter, Rainer Maria Rilke, World AIDS Day, Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks real story, Rosa Parks true story, Advent, First Sunday of Advent
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      from "A Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Advent Candle Lighting Litanies
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      "Word," by Madeleine L'Engle
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Theologian's Almanac for Week of November 24, 2024
      
        
      
      
        Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerMark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, Madeleine L'Engle, Benedict Spinoza, C.S. Lewis, Native American Heritage Day, Thanksgiving, Marilynne Robinson, Lewis Thomas, Pope Saint John XXIII, Vatican II, Second Vatican Council, Spinoza, Spinoza birthday
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      A Brief Theology of Thanksgiving
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet," by Joy Harjo
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Theologian's Almanac for Week of November 17, 2024
      
        
      
      
        Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerMargaret Atwood, Margaret Atwood poem, Edwin Hubble, Hubble telescope, Hubble birthday, Mayflower Compact, St. Cecilia, A Brief Theology of Thanksgiving
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Theologian's Almanac for Week of November 10, 2024
      
        
      
      
        Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerSesame Street, Martin Luther, Martin Luther birthday, Veterans' Day, Veterans Day, A Brief Theology of Veterans Day, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, St. Augustine of Hippo, Augustine, St. Augustine birthday, Augustine birthday, Georgia O'Keeffe, Georgia O'Keeffe birthday, Chinua Achebe
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Judy Chicago: A Prayer for Our Nation
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      A Brief Theology of Veterans Day
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Politics, the Bible, and the 2024 Election
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      "Welcome Morning," by Anne Sexton