Susan Palo Cherwien

Wonder

is at the root

of praise.

Wonder

is at the heart

of Christmas,

and not for one day only

but for each waking day.

At the heart

of Christ’s incarnation

is the truth

that God makes extraordinary things

happen

in ordinary places,

that heaven and earth

        holy and earthly

        God and human

are intertwined.

The wonder of Christmas