Advent Calendar 2010: Day Twenty

Berea Moravian Church, St. Charles, MN

December 20 -


It begins long before the first frost -
Somewhere between memory and reality.
It touches us with compassion
and whispers to us of hope.
It tiptoes into our hearts with elation
and opens our souls to faith.

Its name is Christmas and we have yet to learn
How to keep it close for more than
this one brief, shining moment.
Someday, perhaps... with love.
--Judith A. Lindberg