In the Bleak Midwinter: Advent and Christmas with Christina Rossetti

Framed by her most famous poems, ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ and ‘Love Came Down at Christmas’, this daily devotional explores Advent and Christmas through the poetry of Christina Rossetti. As both a poe…

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