Christmas carols

A Nursing Home Christmas in Photos

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But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 
Luke 2:19

I am kind of a photo junkie. I both take way too many (Thank God for the digital age!) and I enjoy going through old family photos. I know that in Heaven everything will be made new, but here on earth I treasure these special memories. I especially love Christmas times past, and photos help me remember the sights, sounds, and smells of moments that have slipped by over the years. Christmas time at nursing home is a lot different from ones we have had at home. Read the rest here

More Christmas Favorites

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Just one more day of relatively unknown renditions of the Christmas carols I love. I start today with my all-time favorite God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Annie Moses Band. If you can be patient through the slow opening, this one will definitely get your foot tapping and put a smile on your face by its spectacular end!

For my final Christmas Song offering I give you the incomparable Keith and Kristyn Getty. This is an amazingly beautiful song that gives us pause once again to consider the Holy miracle of the first Christmas. May you be blessed as you travel this road to a day when much of the world remembers if only for a moment, a manger, a Savior and a star. I pray a blessed Christmas season for you all.

My Christmas Favorites – You will never hear on the radio

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Some of you who follow me know that I am a big fan of both the music and testimony of the Mullett Family. There is a simplicity and honesty about this video that makes me think a lot more about the real Jesus on the real Christmas than slick professional productions. I hope you are blessed with their rendition of the carol of all carols, “Silent Night.”

The second song in this play list may be a carol you have never heard, but it is hardly new. Most famously sung by Selah, it was written by Lowell Alexander in 1992. Though I have listened to this many times, I still shed a few tears each time I listen. I love singing this too, though I will not inflict my version of this stunningly beautiful melody and lyrics. I hope it touches you also and will draw you closer to Jesus.

I have a few more I can’t wait to share tomorrow, but I would love even more to know some little known artists or songs that have touched your heart over the years.