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David Crosby 12/24/09
I stuck my head in a cave in Bethlehem, so curious to see what was inside. Someone had carved the emblem of King David above the mouth of the cave. Could this be the place where Jesus was born?The pasture we were exploring was not on anyone’s tour of the Holy Land. A flock of sheep nearby were watched over by an Arab shepherd.We were standing in one of those volcanic bubbles of stone the size of a house, five feet lower than the surrounding pasture, almost circular, with overhanging ...
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David Crosby 12/24/09
A flock of sheep approached us as we walked through a field in Bethlehem. The shepherd was a typical Palestinian boy wearing a cap and carrying a stick.
He led his sheep to a well. Andrew’s sister, Dani Beth, drew water from the well and filled a drinking trough. The sheep were leery of us, but they were thirsty enough to approach the strangers and get a drink.Maybe those first shepherds found the baby Jesus, not in a wooden manger, but a stone manger filled with hay. I know ...
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David Crosby 12/15/09
My life behind the levee is all about water.The rain gauge overflowed this morning for the second time in four days meaning that I have received at least 18 inches of rain at my house in the last eight days. More is on the way. I am catching tiny rivulets in pans in front of the fireplace and have been in the attic and on the roof searching for the leak.My brother, Jonathan Paul, was born on this day 51 years ago. That also was a blue day for me. I already had three brothers, and I wanted a ...
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David Crosby 12/11/09
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved (2 Corinthians 12:15).
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