Christmas Readings

Essays, posts, and videos for Christmas time.

A Missionary Reminisce on Christmas — Ben Spackman

When the mission president announced to our small group of greenies that I was going to Strasbourg, I shrugged the resigned shrug of a missionary who knew nothing about anywhere but was willing to go wherever. One of the sisters expressed jealousy; Strasbourg, she said, was one of the best cities in the mission.

She was right, and it would not be a good thing.