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Global Christmas Song Festival

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Highly recommended event for readers in Texas and Oklahoma!

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The historical 12 Days of Christmas – a reminder, and a website

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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 [...]

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'Almighty Babe, whose tender arms can force all foes to fly'

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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 [...]

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