by Erin Webmaster | Dec 21, 2016 | Devotions
Born in the night, Mary’s child, A long way from your home: Coming in need, Mary’s child, Born in a borrowed room. The first time I heard this beautiful modern Christmas Carol was at Fisherton Church in Dunure, Scotland, where I served as pastor for nine...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 20, 2016 | Devotions
Away in a manger No crib for a bed The little Lord Jesus Lay down his sweet head The stars in the sky Look down where he lay The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay A lot of what we do at Christmas involves children. We take great delight in seeing them enjoy all the...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 19, 2016 | Devotions
See amid the winter’s snow Born for us on earth below See the tender Lamb appears Promised from eternal years Hail, thou ever-blessed morn Hail, redemption’s happy dawn Sing through all Jerusalem Christ is born in Bethlehem This English carol was written...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 19, 2016 | Devotions
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by Yet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. The author of this hymn, Philips...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 19, 2016 | Devotions
Infant holy, infant lowly For His bed a cattle stall Oxen lowing, little knowing Christ, the babe is Lord of all One of the things I enjoy about Christmas carols is learning about where they originate. Christianity is a worldwide religion of about two and a half...
by Erin Webmaster | Dec 16, 2016 | Devotions
Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and ev’rywhere; Go tell it on the mountain, That Jesus Christ is born. This African-American carol had been sung for generations before John Work wrote several stanzas to it in 1907. He was a graduate of Fisk University, a...
