Advent begins Sunday, December 2nd, and we’re celebrating Christ the God-Man who came to save those with whom he is well pleased. Please read on to hear about his birth in a free verse poem titled “Light of the Living.” 

LIGHT OF THE LIVING

Mary's water breaks, 
God shuffles his feet,
and light beckons
from the birth canal. 
The child
arrives in grandeur.
Angels appear 
before shepherds. 
They announce: 
“Glory to God 
in the highest, 
and on earth 
peace among those 
with whom he is pleased!”
The Heavens 
and its inhabitants
strike the hallelujah chorus: 
"In Israel's darkest days, 
Her promised Savior,
is here: Emmanuel!
God with us." 
And two millennium later, 
still, we sing 
and praise
His holy name.