Walking. Apartment.
The 1914 Christmas Truce.
Snoopy’s Christmas – The Royal Guardsmen
Christmas Truce – Sabaton
Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
1914, the Carol of Christmas – Military Voices & Abby Scott, feat. Flt Lt Matt Little, the Raf Spitfire Choir & William Inscoe
Let the Truce Be Known – Orphaned Land
Christmas 1914 – John McDermott
It Could Happen Again – Colin Raye
All Together Now – The Farm
Christmas True of 1914 – Joyce Cooling
The Christmas True – Carol Dowgiallo & Bob Dowgiallo
Ode to the Christmas Truce of 1914 – Marshall Hattersley
Christmas Truce – Fenya
The Christmas Truce – Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Adrian Partington, Jonathan Hope, Sacha Fullerton, Jack Parry, Deryck Webb & Nicholas Perfect
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Silent Night/Stille Nacht – John McCutcheon
Tag Archives: justice
24 December 2022 – The Christmas Truce
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
AdventWord 2022 – December 19 – #sign
Designed, created, and posted by the daughter of a friend.
Let it be.
Photo: Summer, 2021; Germantown, Louisville, Kentucky
Filed under Advent, Current Events, Friends, Louisville, Photo
AdventWord 2022 – December 11 – #messenger
I broke the rule today that says post one photo.
As I searched through photos, I found two that spoke to me.
I could not choose, so I add both,
I am grateful for messengers of:
hope
justice
freedom
equality
equity
Photos: Harriet Tubman in Harlem, New York; John Lewis film viewed in Morningside Gardens, New York
Filed under Advent, Antiracism, Human Rights, New York, Photo
A prayer while packing food
Thank you, God,
for all my colleagues who
generously gave to support the local pantry.
Watch over all who receive this food,
help them know your presence.
Guide us Gpd to work to create a system
in which your abundance is shared
so that all your precious children
have enough.
We pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Filed under Friends, Prayer, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
AdventWord 2022 – December 3 #unity
A Palestinian flag flies in a camp at Standing Rock.
A witness to solidarity.
A reminder that all struggles for justice are intertwined.
A symbol of unity.
Photo: 14 November 2016, Standing Rock, North Dakota
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Photo, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
A prayer for patience and grace
God of infinite patience,
God of unquenchable grace,
help my impatience,
touch my ungraciousness,
When I become frustrated with,
or angered by,
or annoyed at,
another person,
remind me that person
is your beloved child,
made in your image.
Strengthen my patience;
renew my grace,
that I might find ways,
beyond what I perceive as my capacities,
to act in kindness and
to demonstrate love
that we might walk together humbly with you
and work for justice.
I pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Filed under Prayer
AdventWord 2022 – November 28 #together
Women’s Day March
March, 2015
New York, New York
A prayer for how I err
Help me remember, God:
you are not a doctrine,
you are not a denomination,
you are not anger,
you are not hate,
you are not violation and violence,
you are love.
As I live, God, I
I know I will fall short.
I will err.
Guide me so that when I err, I do so
on the side of welcome,
on the side of inclusion,
on the side of justice and mercy,
on the side of equity,
on the side of grace
on the side of love.
I pray in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
adapted from an educational slide created by Laura Zhang Choi
A prayer for the children of Iran
We pray, God,
for the children of Iran
who demonstrate incredible courage
by joining protests against the government.
Watch over children who take a stand.
Protect children taken into custody.
Work healing in children who are injured.
Comfort family and friends
who grieve for children who have been killed.
Speed the day when justice which leads to peace
prevails in Iran—for the children and all the people.
We pray in the name of Jesus who welcomed children. Amen
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, Prayer
A fat man prays in a world that knows hunger
God of abundance,
we pray for people who are hungry,
people who live with food insecurity.
Lead us by your Holy Spirit
to help feed your children, our siblings,
who are in need
Lead us by your Holy Spirit
to join movements
working to disrupt and transform
systems and factors that create and perpetuate
hunger and food insecurity;
ensure that your children, our siblings,
are able to feed themselves in dignity.
We pray in the name of Jesus
who fed the multitudes
and challenges the system of domination.
Amen.
Filed under Current Events, Prayer
