Book of Life

Posted on December 22, 2022 by stephen t berg / 16 Comments

You step out into the mauve-dark morning and God is there, in a thick quilt of snow.It’s hard to name the calm: a few lights in porches, some chimney smoke, b...

Christmas

Christmas Carols — It’s Complicated

Posted on December 22, 2020 by stephen t berg / 14 Comments

In a Mideast manger a baby’s silence is so intense as to shimmer a star and spur celestial-gazing Magi into loading up their camels and tripping for two yearsto...

Christmas/Grace/Grief/Resiliance

If I write you a poem for Christmas

Posted on December 12, 2019 by stephen t berg / 18 Comments

If I write you a poem for Christmasit will have dragonflies and lilies and something made with barn-board. That’s because I’ve consulted a close friend of...

Christmas/Life/Peace

Jesus was born in Saskatchewan

Posted on December 19, 2018 by stephen t berg / 16 Comments

Jesus was born in Saskatchewan, that is, in what is now known as Saskatchewan, about 60 km west of Wynyard near the ghost town of Amulet, which is on the tradit...