If Christmas, with its ancient and hospitable customs, its social and charitable observances, were ever in danger of decay, this is the book that would give them a new lease.Thomas Hood on A Christmas Carol. In one of the most beloved Christmas tales of all time, Charles Dickens beautifully captures the mood and humanity of…
On forgiveness
Vergangenheit, The Crown (Peter Morgan) In his 1947 essay, On forgiveness, written for the parish magazine of the Church of St.Mary Sawston, Cambridge, C.S.Lewis meditates on the Christian message of forgiveness that is more or less, a refrain of sundays. The simple, brief essay is literally a review of a portion of the holy scripture…