Tag Archives: Nostalgia

Longing for Home

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here For just one evening, the horrors of the Civil War gave way to something beautiful. On a December night in 1862, Union and Confederate troops were encamped on opposite banks of the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The battle of Fredericksburg had raged just a few days earlier. The Yankees, in particular,… Read more »

White Christmas

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To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Throughout the season of Advent – which this year encompasses the four weeks leading up to December 25 – we’re looking at classic Christmas movies and how they might connect us to the miracle of God choosing to become a human being. Four centuries ago, a Swiss medical student noticed that soldiers fighting… Read more »