Inside the December 2005 issue...

Feature A Moravian Christmas

5 Poem — The First Christmas Gift

6 The Story of the Moravian Christmas Candle

9 The Beeswax Candle

9 The Christingle

10 T’is the Season — Candle-making at East Side Moravian Church, Wisconsin

11 The Moravian Star

12 The Putz

Publication Spotlight

13 The Origin of The Moravian Daily Texts

Southern Province

16 World Mission Shop — Visit 32 Countries of the World in Just One Place!

24 Our Churches Respond — Hurricane Relief Dinner

Board of World Mission

18 A First Hand Report of the Damage of Katrina

23 Hurricane Beta Hits Central America

Reviews

28 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, A Brief Life by Renate Bethge

29 Hope’s Promise: Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry by S. Scott Rohrer

In Every Issue

4 Ponderings

31 Official Provincial Elders’ News