[Oe List ...] Salmon to Margaret

[mhampton at att.net]

Margaret,

Thinking of you with love.  Also my Friends and Colleagues, thinking of all of you who have sent support, via this list, private email or in the Light.

My contribution is Love and Light .. and this song which struck me deeply this year, whether I had ever sung or heard it before or not...

Christmas Morning
 
It’s winter and light is alive on the Earth.  Wake up!  It’s Christmas Morning.
Star light and fire light and sun light give birth.  Wake up! The Christ-child’s a-borning.
 
Chorus
He’s man and he’s woman, he’s old and he’s young, he’s Buddhist and Christian* and Jew.  She’s wealthy, she’s poor and she’s black and she’s white—and, oh yes, the Christ child is you.
 
2) Sisters and brothers, what ever your sleep, Wake up! It’s Christmas morning.
Bring with you dreams for the day light to keep.  Wake us the Christ child’s a-borning.
 
3) Jesus was good and he lived long ago.  Wake up! It’s Christmas morning.
You are good, too, and are living now, so—Wake up the Christ-child’s a-borning.
 
*At Meeting we sang Buddhist, Muslim and Jew at a member’s suggestion.
 
Bold added in the text—right where I found the offence.  Me, you must be kidding.  It is one thing to “recognize that of God in every person” as Quakers say.  But I certainly don’t start with me.  What if I do?  What if we all do?

Grace and Peace,

Love and Light,

mary
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