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Let’s Sing: Away in a Manger

Today we continue our Advent/Christmas series titled “Let’s Sing.” This is our 14th song of the series. For easy reference to the remainder of the series, please see the index, “Let’s Sing” at http://revbroyles.me/2020/12/06/lets-sing/.

There is controversy surrounding the authorship of this beloved carol. In the end, the words are from an anonymous source. Some believe the song originated…

O Little Town of Bethlehem

This is part 2 of a Advent/Christmas series titled “Songs of Christmas.” For other parts of the series see the index. The index also contains the introduction for the series.

It has been said, “The two most important days in your life: The day you were born and the day you discover why.” I’ve been there. I get it. Since I graduated from high school I have been a retail worker, a sailor, a…

Let’s Sing: Good Christian Friends Rejoice

A.K.A. Good Christian Men Rejoice

I knew it would come, I just didn’t know which Carol was first. This old carol was written in an era that inclusive speech was a completely foreign idea. I do like the idea of Christian friends rejoicing together.

This hymn is quite old and know one knows its lyricist or when it was written. There are many who believe Heinrich Seuse, a German mystic…

I Want to Thank…

But I will thank the Lord         for his righteousness;     I will sing praises         to the name of the Lord Most High. (Psalm 7:17, Common English Bible)

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I sat in my office listening to him talk. He spoke at length about being, “a good for nothing.” He didn’t have any talent. God didn’t give him any gifts. The one thing God had given him, God had…