Our church just released a Christmas album. It is excellent and I have been listening to it over an over. Here is the blurb from the website:
"The album Songs for the Advent was recorded in 2003: a collection of original, traditional, and instrumental songs celebrating the season of waiting and anticipation before Christmas. This record revisits the spirit and songs of that record, reviving three original tracks and adding five new songs and traditional arrangements. Like the original, the emphasis here is on the already/ not-yet tension of advent.
Advent comes to us in the darkest season of the year — a season when the nights are long, the days are cold, and we look with anticipation for the return of the warmth in the spring. The songs have both a dark sense of anticipation and glimpses of light dawning in the face of the Christ child.
As we celebrate this season, we celebrate that our Messiah has come, and we look with longing to the day when he comes again. As St. John says, “Amen! Come Lord Jesus.”
Advent comes to us in the darkest season of the year — a season when the nights are long, the days are cold, and we look with anticipation for the return of the warmth in the spring. The songs have both a dark sense of anticipation and glimpses of light dawning in the face of the Christ child.
As we celebrate this season, we celebrate that our Messiah has come, and we look with longing to the day when he comes again. As St. John says, “Amen! Come Lord Jesus.”
If you want to buy it...you can click here.
I do want to share my favorite song from the album:
GLORY BE (click the title to listen)
I couldn't find the lyrics to paste here...but there is a line in this song that talks about looking forward to Jesus coming back to finish what he started in Bethlehem. While our salvation was COMPLETELY accomplished on the cross...there is still the "already/not yet" tension that exists. This pumps me up, man! I am so excited about the day to come when Christ returns for his bride and FINISHES what he started that first Christmas morning!!!!!!!
Are you with me here, people??????
cwjr
1 comment:
This is a super cd. One thing I have definitely been struck by the emphasis of the advent this year. Advent Songs. . .at church they call each Sunday in December the 1st or 2nd advent service. Anticipation!!! for the birth of the Savior of the world! It's been good for me this year to think "advent" instead of getting caught up in all the usual Christmasy things that go on!
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