Spiritual Lens

'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear'

Merry Christmas! We hope that you will enjoy this loved Christmas hymn, one of three that we will be sharing in the Sentinel this December.

Poem

The way home

Text and photograph by Demaris Wehr

Sometimes reaching “home”—literally and metaphorically—seems to take forever.

Article

<div class="inline-quote"> <div class="inline-quote"> <p>Such tender beauty, Lord, from Thee&amp;nbsp;<br>Is shed abroad o’er all the earth;&amp;nbsp;<br>In bird, in sunbeam, light and flower&amp;nbsp;<br>Thy grace and goodness may be seen.

Poem

'I AM THAT I AM'

Ken Cooper

'I AM THAT I AM' *

Article

"Arise, shine; for thy light is come..."

Photograph by Steve Ryf

<div class="inline-quote"> <div class="inline-quote"> <p>Arise, shine; for thy light is come, <br>and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

Poem

'Lydda was nigh to Joppa'

Dawn Dickey

What did Peter thinkwhen he received that message,that earnest, anguished requestto not delay, to hasten to Joppabecause Dorcas, whom they loved,had died?