All our best hopes for this life are frail and uncertain. God promises that the blessings we do know and experience now are not the ultimate expression of His saving purpose. There is more to come. Every tear will be wiped away. In the midst of a very trying season, we stand alongside our friends …
From Jacob Tilton’s free four-psalm Advent EP How Long, O Lord? – Psalms For Advent. The album notes remind us: “Advent is a season of waiting. It is the silence before the shout, the fast before the feast, the sigh before the smile.” That sums up our current experience pretty well. As we continue to …
Yet another Advent/Christmas themed song that I’ve never heard of. There are various versions and selections of verses of this floating around. The words and music are credited to Thomas Ravenscroft, from “Melismata,” 1611. I love this rendition from Nathan Clark George. Here’s the lyrics which feature on the embedded track. 1. Remember, O thou …
We find ourselves continuing to wait during a season of waiting. It’s strange this week to have the emotions of yearning and waiting so deeply ingrained into a time of year where the first and second comings of Jesus are remembered. For many of us it has quieted the more superficial elements of the season …
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