Christmas Eve in my home church Oh Come, All Ye Faithful sung by the congregation along the wooden pews of the handsome brick church in Dexter, as the robed choir processed to the choir loft, “joyful and triumphant” the carol goes on. The miracle of the birth of the Christ Child this holy evening, the gospel set to music. The promised one, the savior of all, born as a child. Angels, shepherds, a manger. Awe, wonder, questions. A particular star in the east, wise men. More questions. This musical evening ended, lights turned off, with the choir joining the congregation shoulder to shoulder circling the room, holding candles, a single flame shared from one to another absorbed in winsome wonder, our faces aglow, singing Silent Night, Holy Night. Sleep in heavenly peace, the carol ends. Sleep in heavenly peace. May you experience the heavenly peace brought to earth by the Christ Child, remembered anew on this Christmas Eve.