LET EVERY HEART PREPARE HIM ROOM Growing up in the ‘50s in the time of church Christmas pageants, I learned every word of every verse of a dozen or so… Read more »
If I have ever sung this verse in an Advent or Christmas service, I certainly don’t remember it. While researching and pondering the lyrics to the familiar song “It Came… Read more »
THE HOLY LAND. CHRISTMAS. 1992. When December dawns, anticipation runs high for many, fueled by thoughts of another Christmas season. It’s easy to forget that our ancestors often felt a… Read more »
One of my favorite Christmas songs is “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.” When I was learning to play the piano, it was in a book of carols for beginners.… Read more »
When I think of “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” I immediately go back to my childhood Christmases that were filled with tradition and familiar songs. I was an only… Read more »
“It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” was written by Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) of Wayland, Massachusetts. Sears graduated from Union College where he studied law; later he graduated from Harvard… Read more »
ANGELS BENDING Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Isaiah 60:3 Phototropism is not a word in my vocabulary, even though I am… Read more »
Sitting down at my drafting table sometimes feels like opening a door to some other world. I often find that as I engage the creative process, as I give my… Read more »
