While on a sabbatical in the winter of 1865, beloved clergyman and poet Phillips Brooks arranged to be in Bethlehem. On Christmas Eve, he visited the shepherds’ fields and wrote the hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” It was a tumultuous year in the U….

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This post appeared here first: Forward Day By Day – January 23, 2021

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