Just a simple song of praise for Christmas morning as we proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, shouting with the angels and shepherds, “Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to all!”
Merry Christmas!
Just a Small Thing
Late one evening the week after Christmas in 2010, I was sitting with my guitar in the dark sanctuary of Springfield United Methodist Church (Springfield, KY) as the soft glow of street-lights reflected through the beautiful stained glass windows.
I was thinking about the amazing Christmas Eve Candlelight Service we had there only a few nights before, and the church-wide Christmas party afterward at one of the member’s homes. It was such a small gathering, though not too small given the size of the congregation, but to this day it was one of the most special Christmas Eve nights I can remember.
Sometimes… maybe most of the time… it’s the small things that mean the most. That’s what this week’s song is all about…
So Hard to Believe
Advent and Christmas can serve as a type of “thin place” in our church calendar. It is a season when the veil between heaven and earth seems more thin than usual. It may be a place where the holy and the ordinary meet.
That’s what this week’s song is about as we move into the Advent season. May the weeks ahead be filled with “thin places” where you encounter the miracle of God with us in beautiful and amazing ways.
Thin Place
Advent and Christmas can serve as a type of “thin place” in our church calendar. It is a season when the veil between heaven and earth seems more thin than usual. It may be a place where the holy and the ordinary meet.
That’s what this week’s song is about as we move into the Advent season. May the weeks ahead be filled with “thin places” where you encounter the miracle of God with us in beautiful and amazing ways.
Beautiful
Welcome to Advent!
This year I’ll be sharing a few original Christmas songs to help us dive deeper into what it means that God became flesh and moved into our neighborhood. Click on the blog link below to hear the first in this series, an original medley of my song, “Beautiful” along with adaptations of O Come Emmanuel and O Come Let Us Adore Him.
I’m honestly not sure where the next steps of this journey will lead so I invite your participation. In the coming year, what “new beginnings” would you like to see on this blog? What would you find helpful in your spiritual journey as we learn together how to echo the still small voice of God?
For now in this season of Advent, may you truly experience the beauty of the presence of God each and every day.