December 23, 2017 -- "Pray for peace, people everywhere"

The famous Christmas song, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” was a prayer for peace written during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.  The song was written by a husband and wife team Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker in response to the crisis in which the Russians installed nuclear missiles within easy striking distance of the United States who in response threatened military intervention.  Americans were anticipating nuclear conflict.  The last verse ends with a prayer, “Pray for peace, people everywhere….the Child…will bring us goodness and light.”