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Presbyterian hymn-writer offers a prayer for Afghanistan set to ‘Away in a Manger’

Posted August 21st, 2021

The Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a Presbyterian hymn-writer and the parish associate at First Presbyterian Union Church in Owego, New York, has written new lyrics to an old hymn for the people of Afghanistan.

Away in a manger

Posted November 18th, 2020

Ever since my girls were big enough to hitch a ride on a luggage cart, they’ve been in love with hotels. The run-of-the-mill places that our family visited before the pandemic seemed like king’s palaces to the tykes, who couldn’t wait to take a ride on the elevator.