The Christmas Horn that Would Not Play

I used to play the French horn. I was an “okay”  player, but I was no soloist. One year, for Christmas, my mom (the choir director) received permission from our bishop to have me play the French horn during the ward Christmas program (I wish she had gotten my permission first). I was to play…

Christmas Carol Theology: New Mornings

Legend has it that on Christmas Eve 1871, in the midst of fierce fighting between the armies of Germany and France, during the Franco-Prussian War, a French soldier suddenly jumped out of hole and began singing “Cantique de Noel”, the French version of the Christmas Carol, “O Holy Night”.