There are the small people who hold together in love, like Joseph and Mary. Ambassadors like the shepherds, all those who keep hope alive against all odds that it could be entirely different. The learned astrologers who see more than the eye can see. A hope that God will not leave this world alone.
The thoughts of Margot Käßmann take us into the exciting world of peace. Peace on earth - this is the promise that still hangs over our time. Even the voice of an angel in the fields of Bethlehem proclaimed this message to the shepherds. Just a beautiful story? The peace that the angel promises is a peace based on dignity, respect, yes, love. This is just as ridiculed today as it was in the times when Jesus lived.
Margot Käßmann interprets the Christmas message of peace as a story of hope and trust in God, an encouragement to resist resignation even today. Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen gives her thoughts their own sound space with his flute music. He also brings familiar melodies to life in surprisingly new ways.
Margot Käßmann, texts and speaker
Prof. Dr. theol., Dr. h.c., born 1958, is an evangelical Lutheran theologian and pastor. She was the bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover from 1999 to 2010 and chair of the council of the EKD in 2009/2010. Before that, she was a parish pastor, director of studies at the Academy Hofgeismar, and secretary general of the German Evangelical Church Congress. Since spring 2012, she has served as an ambassador for the Reformation anniversary in 2017. The successful author is now retired. Margot Käßmann is the mother of four adult daughters and grandmother of seven grandchildren.
Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen, composer, recorder player
Born in 1954, is a recorder player, composer, choreographer. He grew up in the children's village of Neukirchen-Vluyn until 1972, studied recorder, music education, and composition at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, and worked from 1977 to 1991 as a consultant for youth culture for the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. Since 1991, the artist has been working freelance and lives in Zurich. Over 20 of his own CD productions, large stage works, his concerts, and the music film "Flötenzauber," which has been broadcast many times on television, testify to his creative power.
http://www.hufeisen.comThomas Strauß, pianist
Church musician in Oppenau and director of the Bach Choir Ortenau. Accompanist of renowned soloists. Longtime accompanist of Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen. In 2022, the premiere of his oratorio "Johannes" took place - his passion for composing finds its first highlight in this major work. Numerous radio recordings and CD productions and worldwide concert tours complete his work.
Admission: 6:30 PM