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Hymn, ‘El Shaddai’

leeduigon(patty)December 31, 2015

By reader request, we have El Shaddai performed by Amy Grant. El Shaddai is one of the ancient Hebrew names for God. I hope you enjoy it.

Now I have to go to the eye doctor, and who knows how long they’ll keep me stewing in the waiting room with the Kardashians on TV? When I come back, if possible, I will post Be Thou My Vision… and I also want to say a few words about hoverboards.

In the quest for 4,000 hits–well, I need about 150 more today: not too easy, this being New Year’s Eve. But I will certainly let you all know if I make it.

‘Thy Word is a Lamp unto My Feet’

leeduigon(patty)December 30, 2015

Today’s a grey and dreary day, so let’s juice it up with a song of praise.

Generally I much prefer old hymns to new Christian music. But those old hymns were new once, weren’t they? Thy Word is a Lamp unto My Feet is taken from Psalm 119–that’s the big huge long one in the middle of your Bible–and here performed very nicely by Amy Grant.

And anyhow, it ain’t as new as it once was–and I’ve loved it since I first heard it some years ago.

Hymn, ‘Give Thanks’

leeduigon(patty)December 29, 2015

By request (here you go, Linda), here’s Give Thanks, performed by the Maranatha Singers.

Gee, I feel like Ed Sullivan.

Well, now we’ve got to go off to the nursing home to see my aunt, and I pray we find her well.

‘I Know that My Redeemer Liveth’

leeduigon(patty)December 28, 2015

One of the readers here, Laura, mentioned this hymn a while back, before I’d learned how to post videos and pictures. I post it now because it goes to the heart of our faith.

The music is by Handel, part of The Messiah. The words were uttered by Job, when he had lost everything and was on the brink of death himself: “I know that my redeemer liveth… Yet in my flesh shall I see Him.”

Yes! Oh, yes!

Encore, ‘To God Be the Glory’

leeduigon(patty)December 28, 2015

While I rack my brain, trying to chase down a news story that may elude me after all, enjoy this high-spirited, lively performance of To God Be the Glory. I do love these churchofgod.com videos–this is a congregation that knows how to rejoice.

I don’t seem to have much gas today, but this hymn has perked me up a little. May God’s Spirit feed us all.

Hymn, ‘O God, My God, I Seek Your Face’

leeduigon(patty)December 27, 2015

By reader request.

I don’t know this hymn, so I hope I picked the right one. The a capella arrangement is very nice.

Again, ‘O Holy Night’

leeduigon(patty)December 27, 2015

One more morsel of Christmas–this one courtesy of my friend “jessicafischerqueen,” who posted this video on my chess forum page.

I dunno, where is everybody today? Are you all Christmased out, or what? Or just plain tired? Well, who would blame you? I’m running on the fumes, too.

Anyhow, I’m still taking requests for hymns and Christmas carols, so don’t be shy, let me know what you’d like to see and hear.

‘Christmas in Iceland’

leeduigon(patty)December 27, 2015

Christianity came to Iceland around 1000 A.D., and in very little time, the converts were holier than the missionary–a hasty and troublesome man whom, I suspect, the Church wished to get rid of by sending him to Iceland. That’s the story told in Njal’s Saga.

Christmas doesn’t look or sound so different, up there on the northern edge of the world. Anyway, I thought you might enjoy a glimpse of it.

A Most Unusual Welsh Carol

leeduigon(patty)December 26, 2015

Be patient: the music doesn’t kick in until this video’s halfway over. There is nothing wrong with your computer. Anyhow, when you finally hear it, it’s worth waiting for.

Most of us already know All Through the Night, but I’ll bet hardly any of us ever heard it played on a theremin. That’s that weird instrument that makes eerie music for science fiction movies. You’ll know it when you hear it. Invented in 1928, the theremin is the original electronic musical instrument. You play it without touching anything. Please don’t ask me to explain how that works.

It’s the day after Christmas: but the Christ Child lives all year.