Comments on: Glory to God, peace on earth, goodwill to all… https://anglicanjournal.com/glory-to-god-peace-on-earth-goodwill-to-all/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Paul Friesen https://anglicanjournal.com/glory-to-god-peace-on-earth-goodwill-to-all/#comment-30732 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:18:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162193#comment-30732 Indeed, God is always present; it is we who so often go missing, as Augustine said.
Thank you for reminding us of this, at this time.

]]> By: Curt Gesch https://anglicanjournal.com/glory-to-god-peace-on-earth-goodwill-to-all/#comment-30730 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:51:34 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162193#comment-30730 Thanks for the refelctions. As a farmer with only four cows and a calf, I find that sitting in the tiny barn while they masticate, belch, and chew cud is something that enables me to be aware of many things: especially what might be termed the pulse of creation. (I suppose traffic is part of that pulse, too, but I somehow find it masks a deeper reality.)
Farmers who have high degrees of technological work-savers–with all the sounds of milking machines, compressors, etc., and those mercury-vapour lights–may be missing something.

Some years ago, my neighbor–a full-time dairy farmer–was getting his cows in for milking at about 5:30 a.m. in mid-winter when he noticed that the northern lights had not simply “pulsed” but formed a dome, from the four corners of the earth, as it were. I happened to be awake and outdoors one mile away and saw the same thing. Later, we both somewhat hesitantly mentioned that thoughts about “second coming” flashed through our minds. In retrospect, I think perhaps we experienced the reality of the presence of God already here.

P.S.: A nearby small city (6,000 pop.) and various farms in the area now have lightened the night sky so that fewer stars can be seen, but nothing like when we lived near Vancouver.
P.S.S.: Re: “manger. The feeding area for animals, such as they daily tended”. Almost certainly, the sheep were NOT brought into the stable to be fed at a manger.

]]> By: dennis f. macintyre https://anglicanjournal.com/glory-to-god-peace-on-earth-goodwill-to-all/#comment-30728 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:45:21 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162193#comment-30728 Merry Christmas

keep smiling

dennis

]]> By: Ron Dwyer https://anglicanjournal.com/glory-to-god-peace-on-earth-goodwill-to-all/#comment-30724 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:09:10 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162193#comment-30724 Nice and lets stress that the bible makes it clear that we are referring to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Mankind’s only hope for salvation.

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