Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *How Silently, How Silently, The Wondrous Gift is Given: Christmas 2008*, for Sunday, 28 December 2008; book review: *Hot, Flat, and Crowded; Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America* by Thomas Friedman (2008); film review: *Das Fraulein* (2007, Switzerland); poem review: *The Stable* by Sr. M. Chrysostom.