Tag Archives: Christmas

Winter’s Moon

Posted on November 4, 2022 by admin

From Loreena McKennitt’s forthcoming new live album Under A Winter’s Moon. Loreena has released a single of the oldest-known Canadian Christmas hymn, “Huron Carol.” It’s the first time she has ever recorded the song, written in 1642 by a Jesuit … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Annunciation

Posted on April 9, 2022 by admin

In the church calendar March 25 is the Feast of the Annunciation, the annual remembrance of Gabriel’s message to Mary according to the gospel of Luke 1:26-38. Here’s a carol that tells the story from Moya Brennan’s wonderful Christmas album, … Continue reading →

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George MacDonald Christmas Reading

Posted on December 12, 2021 by admin

So great to see the George MacDonald Society flourishing with activities like this. Hopefully this is the first of what may become an annual gathering this time of year. Thanks to those who organized it, to Malcolm Guite for welcoming … Continue reading →

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Poetry for Christmas and Easter

Posted on December 10, 2021 by admin

Last spring, Candace and I read aloud Malcolm Guite’s anthology, Word in the Wilderness: A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter. We found the poems deeply moving, and Malcolm’s essays opened them up for us both as literature and … Continue reading →

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Brightest and Best

Posted on December 3, 2021 by admin

Since we first encountered this song on John McCutcheon’s Winter Solstice album (1984; Apple Music), this has been one of our favorite Christmas songs. Here’s the Magruder Lassies version 😃. In the above music video by Ricky Skaggs, Keith Getty, … Continue reading →

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Star in the Night

Posted on November 28, 2021 by admin

In the post Favorite family Christmas movies, one of the video shorts we mention there is this classic from 1945. We first discovered it as an extra on the DVD for Christmas in Connecticut (1945), a more familiar Christmas classic … Continue reading →

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Don’t you want to thank someone?

Posted on November 28, 2021 by admin

Now I can see the world is charged It’s glimmering with promises Written in a script of stars Dripping from prophets’ lips But still, my thirst is never slaked I am hounded by a restlessness Eaten by this endless ache … Continue reading →

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (2020)

Posted on December 19, 2020 by admin

Norman Rockwell, Union Station.Cover for Saturday Evening Post, Christmas 1944 For most of my life, I have not appreciated this popular Christmas song. It seemed too nostalgic and smarmy. But 2020 has made me think of it in a different … Continue reading →

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Peace 1914-2014

Posted on December 6, 2014 by admin

In Advent we are stirred to contemplate the mystery of the Incarnation in light of hope, peace, joy and love. This year, as we mark the centenary of the first world war, let us take hope by reflecting upon the … Continue reading →

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Grateful

Posted on January 26, 2014 by admin

Thanksgiving Song At our Christmas feast, December 25, 2013, we were gathered with family from near and far in my parents’ home in northeast Missouri. Candace, Rachel, Hannah and Susanna worked up this arrangement of the “Thanksgiving Song,” by Mary … Continue reading →

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