SONG: This week, I have chosen another more contemporary Christmas song. Chris Rice’s 1997 song Welcome to Our World is a quiet, tender ode to the Newborn King. The song itself mirrors the gentle humility with which Jesus entered this side of Heaven. SCRIPTURE: So unlikely, isn’t it? The Messiah, the long awaited Savior, was born…
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Scripture and a Song: Noel
SONG: I can’t stop listening to Noel by Lauren Daigle. It’s SO good. It’s also a song many may not have heard before, a more contemporary Christmas song. What makes it so cool is that it is kind of like a worship song. Daigle’s passion is so evident and powerful when she sings. And the lyrics…the lyrics!…
Scripture and a Song: O Little Town of Bethlehem
SONG: O Little Town of Bethlehem was written by Rev. Phillips Brooks in 1868. He wrote it three years after a remarkable experience in the Holy Land on Christmas Eve in 1865. The story goes: On Christmas Eve, he distanced himself from the thousands of other pilgrims who had arrived in the Holy Land for Christmas….
Scripture and a Song: O Holy Night
SONG: My favorite Christmas carol is O Holy Night. As a child growing up in church, I remember a man who would sing it every Christmas Eve. It was hauntingly beautiful to hear. I’ve chosen Josh Groban’s version because it reminds me of the rendition from my youth. My particular favorite lines of the song are:…
Scripture and a Song: Thankful
SONG: Really? How can it be Thanksgiving Week already? The weather belies the season – nearly 70 in the Mid-Atlantic US on Saturday. But Sunday, a cold front comes and with it, a swell of thankfulness in my heart. To enumerate my blessings is impossible because God has been so very good to me. In the…