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It seems fitting that No Room at the Inn provides housing for Haitians and benefits CARITAS as well as Hanover Safe House for women. This event, held annually at Church of the Redeemer in Mechanicsville, Virginia, grew from a seed planted by parishioner Caroline Brand.
Caroline was going through a particularly rough patch in her life--her husband left, her father died, she lost her job--when she found herself in Haiti and learned more than a thing or two about what hardships are really about.
No Room at the Inn, which started out in California, honors a story that transcends both culture and faith. It's a tale with universal appeal and it centers on hope.
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It seems fitting that No Room at the Inn provides housing for Haitians and benefits CARITAS as well as Hanover Safe House for women. This event, held annually at Church of the Redeemer in Mechanicsville, Virginia, grew from a seed planted by parishioner Caroline Brand.
Caroline was going through a particularly rough patch in her life--her husband left, her father died, she lost her job--when she found herself in Haiti and learned more than a thing or two about what hardships are really about.
No Room at the Inn, which started out in California, honors a story that transcends both culture and faith. It's a tale with universal appeal and it centers on hope.
Transcript
No Room At The Inn
NARRATIVE 1
(1:15)
(SOUND OF A BABY BEING BORN)
(WHAT CHILD IS THIS, PORTION OF ST. JAMES INFIRMARY)
It all starts with birth.
(OPENING OF DAVID COPPERFIELD THE MOVIE)
Queen Maya bore the Buddha, Aminah bint Wahab, Muhammad. And, of course, Christ was born of Mary.
(WHAT CHILD IS THIS FADES OUT AND THE AMBIENT FADES IN.)
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
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| St. James Infirmary | Hans Theessink | 00:00 |
Eliza Summers
Posted on January 06, 2011 at 12:02 AM | Permalink
beautiful
This is the real meaning of Christmas, a beautiful telling of the story that is both engagingly personal and universal. Uplifting and full of hope but also rings deep and true. I would recommend that everyone listen to this at the beginning of the Christmas season to understand what it's all about, regardless of faith.