Reinhold Niebuhr once said that at Christmas time he wanted to go to a church where they had as little sermon as possible, mostly just poetry, music and liturgy. “I want to hear what words cannot tell,” he said.
If it’s true that the Christmas story is best told by poets and musicians, then FBC’s 65th annual Christmas Candlelight Carols is one hour you won’t want to miss. This Sunday afternoon, the artists will lead us to Bethlehem. Through the music of organ and brass, choirs and congregation, Candlelight Carols invites the Spirit of God to speak to our souls in the deepest of places.
At the turn of the last century, the prima ballerina Pavlova, following a remarkable performance, was asked by an admiring fan, “What was the meaning? What were you trying to say?” Pavlova replied, “If I could have said it, I wouldn’t have danced it.”
Art expresses truth and beauty in ways that leave common speech standing around with its hands in its pockets.
Albert Einstein wrote, "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. [Those] to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, [are] as good as dead."
I look forward to being fully alive with you this Sunday.
Blessings,
