Tag: Christmas

Let the Advent Season begin

Jonathan and Laurie Christmas 2006
Jonathan and Laurie Christmas 2006 (our first Christmas together)

Forget the huge sales, the Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day trends… this is what kicks the Advent season off for me…

Trombone Shorty and other musicians from New Orleans perform O’ Holy Night on Studio 60:

(download a copy here)

Truly He taught us to love one another,
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother.
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
With all our hearts we praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! Then ever, ever praise we,
His power and glory ever more proclaim!
His power and glory ever more proclaim!

Find out more about Trombone Shorty on his website.

What is the official start of the Advent Season for you?

Emmanuel. God with us.

Away in a manger

On this Christmas we remember….

Light came into the world and said,

“I will crush your darkness.”

Justice came into the world and said,

“I will proclaim your freedom.”

Peace came into the world and said,

“I will turn your conflict.”

The Word came into the world and said,

“I will call your name.”

Love came into the world and said,

“I will share your life, always.”

Amen

(ht again to Stewart Culter for “cultivating” this great message)

Goosebumps and Justice (advent reflections)

If you haven’t had a chance to – I’d highly recommend taking 40 min and listening to our advent reflections from the podcast last week.

Perhaps pull it up on your computer/Hi-Fi/iPods and listen as a family around the fire tonight or tomorrow evening.

Enjoy the thoughts, reflections and music and remember what this season of the year is all about.

The Christmas fun begins

This weekend we got a head start on our Christmas festivities (besides the 3 or 4 office parties/lunches I’ve already been to) with two family parties.

Saturday night was the annual Turner-Medlin Christmas party – which I think has now become the Turner-Medlin-Blundell-Lattanzi party.

This was my third year to take part in the annual party and its always one of the highlights of the season.

Along with the Christmas festivities, we also use the occasion to celebrate our nephew Jake’s birthday – which is Dec. 21.

Jake blows out the Birthday candles
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Buy a goat – get an MpFREE

Pomplamoose has another great song on YouTube and they’re offering a free Mp3 of the track (along with one other un-released track) if you’ll purchase a goat for a family through WorldVision this Christmas.

Love it.
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Shrinking the globe

Yesterday, Thursday evening, 7:30 GMT (to be exact), two churches came together in Motherwell, Scotland for a singing of Christmas carols.

Calvary-Christian-Fellowshi

While this may seem like a small thing, it quickly became a great shared experience with friends half the world away.
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