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A bleak midwinter s Christmas: Ridgefield pastors thoughts
Dec. 24, 2020
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The First Congregational Church of Ridgefield stands near the Cass Gilbert Fountain, decorated for the holidays. James T.Watson, senior minister of the church, was reminded this year of the Christmas carol and poem “In the Bleak Midwinter” by C hristina Rossetti.Bryan Haeffele / Hearst Connecticut Media
Coming at the dark ending of a dark year in 2020, the holidays Christmas, and Hanukkah rekindle the light and warmth that live in human hearts, even through long nights and troubled times.
The Rev. Whitney Altopp, rector St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Main Street, thought of the Christmas story as a call to life.