THE CHRISTMAS STORY
by Jessica Murdoch, Rhetorical Redhead ©2015 All Rights Reserved
As written and performed by Jessica Murdoch for the Christmas Eve Services at Salem Alliance Church on December 24th, 2015
(Spoken Word & Art Collaboration introduction begins at the 23:32 time stamp in the LiveStream Video)
INTRO
‘Twas not the silent night of old
tradition leads us to believe;
perhaps the greatest story told
is the ‘Unspoken Christmas Eve.’
Both fully-God and fully-man,
fulfilling holy prophecy,
the Rock on which the Church would stand
bore humble birth and ancestry.
Come sit, come hear the Tale of Times
retold in careful word and script;
there’s much to read between the lines
revealed anew each year, for it’s
beyond the text, beyond the page,
these people, places, feeling, thought,
define a Faith that’s without age
because of Love, because of God.