“Love came down at Christmas
Love all lovely
Love Divine
…
Love for Plea, and Gift, and Sign” This beloved Christina Rosetti text has been my Christmastide meditation. Love for…
Plea – because all Creation cries out for the Love that ends violence, injustice, hatred, poverty, and abuse.
Gift – Eternal and Omnipotent, God chose Solidarity with the powerless and the poor. A gift of completely undeserved grace!
Sign – How Christians are meant to recognize and manifest God. Love is Logos. We reflect and glorify God by our Love, as God’s children and heirs: imago Dei.
In the new year, my Plea is that this community might grow into its calling to be Gift and Sign for our neighbors, and for the world around us.
