Josh Garrels’ Home was one of my favourite releases from 2015, both lyrically and vocally. Here’s A Long Way Home.
Josh Garrels’ Home was one of my favourite releases from 2015, both lyrically and vocally. Here’s A Long Way Home.
This video features Martin Luther’s evaluation of English Christmas Carols. Thankfully it never gets to ‘Little Drummer Boy’ or ‘Do You Hear What I Hear’. Sadly I can’t tag this one as ‘satire’.
The reading from 1 Samuel that inspired this hymn would have been read in numbers of churches today. This youtube doesn’t have a vocal, but does have lyrics so you can follow along. The lyrics: 1 Hushed was the evening hymn, The temple courts were dark, The lamp was burning dim, Before the sacred ark: …
We sang While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night to the tune Lyngham to close our Christmas service today. I think it adds a great folk touch. This gives an idea of how it works.
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