tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post354683260338733147..comments2023-10-06T06:24:23.622-04:00Comments on don't eat alone: advent journal: mash-upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-4959237234350483062011-12-09T08:36:49.935-05:002011-12-09T08:36:49.935-05:00As soon as I read your post, I knew I had to send ...As soon as I read your post, I knew I had to send along this poem. You probably know it; I have been carrying it around since I read it in a magazine in fifth grade or so. It has a similar vibe to the Silent Night/news mashup. I even sent it out as a Christmas card years ago, before I learned who wrote it (and what an interesting fellow he was).<br /><br /><br />Kid Stuff<br />By: Frank Horne <br />Written December 1942<br /><br /><br /><br />Kid Stuff<br /><br />The wise guys tell me that Christmas is kid stuff ...<br />Maybe they've got something there --<br />Two thousand years ago three wise guys<br />chased a star across a continent<br />to bring frankincense and myrrh to a kid<br />born in a manger with an idea in his head ....<br /><br />And as the bombs crash<br />all over the world today<br />the real wise guys know<br />that we've all got to go chasing stars again<br />in the hope that we can get back<br />some of that kid stuff<br />born two thousand years ago.<br /><br /><br />All I can say after that is Amen.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844129430383744128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-26902834351913836632011-12-09T08:31:16.018-05:002011-12-09T08:31:16.018-05:00One of my favorites. The peace and calm of the so...One of my favorites. The peace and calm of the song, if not the backstreets of Bethlehem, juxtaposed with the increasing volume and urgency of the newscaster's voice, still gets me. And, yet, how much has changed at all? We are left with love and hope.gander8https://www.blogger.com/profile/11995853926102334025noreply@blogger.com