Sunday Evening Sleigh Ride

Snow is a wonderful mirror for moonlight. It magnifies the intensity of the full moon, bathing the landscape in a soft silver glow. Sunday Evening Sleigh Ride, second in the Moonlit Village Collection, comes alive in just such a cool, romantic light. Here once again, is a village church built on a hillside where it commands its locale. I like to think of such churches, which abound in rural America, as spiritual lighthouses offering their towns a beacon of faith.

Here the warm, inviting glow of the church calls worshippers up from the valley for an evening prayer. The faithful arrive in a swift, cozy horse-drawn sleigh – the perfect conveyance for a snowy winter evening. The twinkling of bells adds the perfect note to a bracing moonlit ride.

I do love moonlight. It casts dramatic, remarkable shadows and under its spell the lamps in the valley below twinkle with a special radiance. And, in moonlight, the golden light of the church becomes a glowing image of God’s love.