In the Bleak Midwinter: A Reflection on Rossetti’s “A Christmas Carol”

"A Christmas Carol" by Christina Rossetti In the bleak midwinter   Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron,   Water like a stone. Snow had fallen, snow on snow,   Snow on snow. In the bleak midwinter   Long ago.   Our God, heaven cannot hold Him,   Nor earth sustain; Heaven and …

An Uplifting “Descent”

  An Uplifting “Descent” By Andrew Lazo In the summer of 2011, it fell to me to welcome the talented and award-winning singer / songwriter Steve Bell to the C. S. Lewis Summer Institute (aka “Oxbridge”). He’d just arrived from Canada; we met and decided to walk around Oxford. Over a pint, we discovered many …