CHRISTMAS 2014
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| CHRIST CHURCH, BAYFIELD |
Dear Friends :
Yet another year
has slipped by, and we are thankful for good health and all the blessing of
this life, in particular our children and grandchildren. Joan had cataract surgery on both eyes and
now can see well again and can drive long distances and at night. We truly live
in an age of miracles, but also of great turmoil and tragedy.
Art often remembers
the singing of Silent Night, in English and then in German, in the Lutheran
Church of his youth in Milwaukee.
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Alles schläft; einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Alles schläft; einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
And he remembers his mother
telling of sitting huddled in the back of the wagon with her siblings, coming
back from town on a cold winter’s evening, and his grandmother telling them in
German, “Be still, we’ll soon be home.”
May we all experience God’s peace and good will this Christmas, and in
the New Year to come.
Art and Joan Ode
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