The singing of Christmas Carols this Christmas was for me both comforting and disturbing. Those of us who have been embedded in the faith from the time of our baptism until Christmas 2023 are deeply moved and comforted when we sing the words “Yea, Lord we greet thee born this happy morning.” However the words “Peace on earth” sung against the background noise of the wars in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, these wars in the land of Jesus, the Holy Land, unsettled me.