"A Gift for Greccio"

Somehow along the way, I got wind of a story about St. Francis and how he had created the first creche in a cave in the hills above the Italian town of Greccio. With a lot of research, this became "A Gift for Greccio," a children's story published in the United Church Observer in 2003. I've since adapted it into a Christmas Eve service.

Image: St. Francis, Jason Youngman, pexels.com