And that's where Christmas is actually a bit strange and potentially worrying. When we're invited into the stable to see the child, it's really being invited into the engine room. This is how God works; this is how God is. The entire system of the universe, 'the fire in the equations' as someone wonderfully described it, is contained in this small bundle of shivering flesh.

Many of Jesus' acts are directly linked to Jewish rituals, and the miracle of the blind man is an example. The man was undergoing ritual immersion in the Siloam Pool for entry into the temple compound, and Jesus used the occasion to cure his blindness (John 9: 1-7).

"I got up and started doing what God has give me to do: minister to soldiers and civilians alike. There were many soldiers and civilians hurt, dying and dead. I prayed with the injured as best I could. All the while I was keeping an eye out for Maj. Nelson, "Doc" I call him. I found him in the kitchen area caring for the injured. We teamed up for a time and worked together. We looped back into the hall where Doc collapsed onto a stretcher.

This mailing includes the four questions about the Windsor Report that the Primates Standing Committee has circulated to the provinces. The committee has asked that responses be sent to a Response Reception Committee prior to the Primates meeting in February. Accordingly, these questions will be the primary focus of our Salt Lake meeting.