Love’s Coming Down is from Melanie Penn’s recently released Christmas themed album, Immanuel. The songs on Immanuel are original compositions by Penn, all dealing with the biblical theology of the incarnation. Love’s Coming Down (Isaiah’s Song) is the first track on the record.

We never really did the Santa Claus thing, but we made sure everyone got lots of presents. Regardless. One mother’s struggle to observe some of the cultural expressions of Christmas without yielding to its anti-gospel narrative of performance rewards. A taste: My six-year-old asked my nine-year-old this question in the backseat of my car recently, …

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The second Advent themed recording from The Orchardist, courtesy of the Rabbit Room. Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming. The Lyrics. Lo, how a rose e’er blooming From tender stem hath sprung Of Jesse’s lineage coming As men of old have sung It came a flow’ret bright Amid the cold of winter When half-spent was …

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