A very Merry Christmas to one and all. I do hope your Christmas is all that it should be.

The grandchildren all came at some time during the day yesterday to collect their presents, demonstrate their beauty, and generally wreak havoc, leaving death and destruction in their wake!

Then I had the privilege of presiding over both the early service of lessons and carols and the midnight communion celebration at Epiphany Lutheran Church since their pastor had recently resigned and moved away. It was a grand evening, large crowd, and beautiful music.

How can you beat "Gesu Bambino," "Mary Did You Know," and a Michael Praetorius madrigal in German along with all the standard carols?