Sorry, no nooze today. I invited readers to request it, but got no takers. So we’re doing Christmas songs and a little bit of other stuff.
Requested by Phoebe: Son of God, by Michael W. Smith
(I think I have time to have a cigar…)
Category: religion
By Request, ‘What Child Is This?’
Requested by Phoebe: What Child Is This?, sung by Chris Tomlin. So many lovely versions of it! This is one of them.
We’ll never post all the Christmas carols–but let’s post as many as we can.
My Day Today
We can listen to more carols this morning (Do You Hear What I Hear? by Martina McBride), but for me the whole afternoon will be taken up with various errands… and a visit to the doctor’s office.
I’ve lost track of what the assorted doctors mean to do to me. I didn’t used to be afraid of doctors–but boy howdy, that’s changed! There’s only so much pain that anyone can stand. I think I’m close to using up my quota.
I’ll try to touch base when I get back.
By Request, ‘Gloria’
Several of you wanted to hear this today–a most unusual Christmas carol, performed by Michael W. Smith: Gloria. First nominated by SemperSoloDeoGloria
I got up a bit early today (very bad night!), so let’s see how I handle this blog.
By Request, ‘We Three Kings’
I love this carol! And I’m so glad Phoebe requested it: We Three Kings, performed with mucho gusto by Hugh Jackman, David Hobson, and Peter Cousen.
And now it’s time for root beer and a movie… ’cause I’m running out of gas.
By Request, ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’
How could I have forgotten to post this? Thank you, Phoebe, for requesting it: Nat King Cole sings O Little Town of Bethlehem. (Anybody got a tissue?)
By Request, ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’
Wow! This blew me away. I’ve got to wipe my eyes.
Requested by SemperSoloDeoGloria, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, sung by Amy Grant Just beautiful: I’m sure the LORD is pleased.
‘Do We Believe in Talking Snakes?’ (2019)
Here’s one from five years ago that you might enjoy today. Do we, as Christians, really believe that Eve had a conversation with a serpent? ‘Cause atheists believe we’re schmoes for believing what’s published in the Bible.
But boy howdy, the stuff that they believe in! “Progress” (don’t make me laugh). Here’s a good one–Big Government. And how about “You can change your gender”? Good grief, a talking snake seems like pretty small potatoes compared to those crapola vessels. By all that’s preposterous, several million people voted last month to make Kamalalala Harris president! Anybody home up there?
‘Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring’
As far back as I can remember, you heard this piece of music at Christmastime–even on TV. I’m not sure it has anything specifically to do with Christmas, but somehow they belong together.
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the New London Symphony Orchestra in 1961, Leopold Stokowski conducting… another one of those memories that lands me, 10 0r 11 years old, back in my mother’s sitting room with the snow coming down outside.
Oh, those are good memories.
By Request, ‘Go Tell It On the Mountain’
Requested by Phoebe, Go Tell It On the Mountain–and do I really need to introduce Mahalia Jackson? Take one step backward if you haven’t heard of her!