All posts about ‘christmas’
Global Christmas Song Festival
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Highly recommended event for readers in Texas and Oklahoma!
Tags: advent, christmas, hawn, music
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The historical 12 Days of Christmas – a reminder, and a website
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
Terry Mattingly often writes this time of year about the historical roots of the season of Christmas, which on the church calendar begins on Dec. 25 and ends on Jan. 5 before Epiphany. The meaning of this liturgical practice can be lost on Christians living in modern Western societies that consider the Christmas season to [...]
Tags: advent, christmas, epiphany, history, year
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'Almighty Babe, whose tender arms can force all foes to fly'
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
This Christmas we’ll be dwelling on these words from Robert Southwell’s provocative poem ‘A Child My Choice,’ which was sung in this year’s Lessons and Carols concert: Alas! he weeps, he sighs, he pants, yet do his angels sing;out of his tears, his sighs, and throbs, doth bud a joyful spring.Almighty Babe, whose tender arms [...]
Tags: christmas, poems, reflection, theology, words
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