tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953574041544310550.post7146107581755978489..comments2024-03-28T14:51:14.009-07:00Comments on Singing from the Lectionary: Songs and Hymns for Blue Christmas / Longest Night (updated for 2023)Lectionary Singer (Natalie Sims)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15635861565689089555noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953574041544310550.post-69486206962592028312022-12-05T11:45:45.554-08:002022-12-05T11:45:45.554-08:00Please note that Star Child is not in the New Cent...Please note that Star Child is not in the New Century Hymnal. NCH 538 is "Standing at the Future's Threshold." It also appears incorrect in Advent 2A.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248777191307565627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953574041544310550.post-64237495787862473502022-11-08T15:52:11.578-08:002022-11-08T15:52:11.578-08:00Thanks Laura - I agree - it's a really good so...Thanks Laura - I agree - it's a really good song. It's the first song listed in the section on Longest Night! Lectionary Singer (Natalie Sims)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15635861565689089555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953574041544310550.post-71403687126461226962022-11-08T11:33:16.808-08:002022-11-08T11:33:16.808-08:00Peter Mayer has a wonderful song called "Long...Peter Mayer has a wonderful song called "Longest Night." Here's a link to a recording of it: https://youtu.be/MEvCrfZrufs<br /><br />"Maybe peace hides in a storm<br />Maybe winter's heart is warm<br />And maybe light itself is born<br />In the longest night..."<br />Laura Hudson Kittrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193023969465132676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953574041544310550.post-55912924246820542422021-12-02T14:26:58.229-08:002021-12-02T14:26:58.229-08:00As a listening piece of music The Piano Guys have ...As a listening piece of music The Piano Guys have a beautiful version of O Come, O Come Emmanuel with cello.Matt Trouncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204611020874393448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953574041544310550.post-43142982693094164772020-12-16T20:53:20.825-08:002020-12-16T20:53:20.825-08:00I like to sing "Joy to the World" but to...I like to sing "Joy to the World" but to the tune of "O Little Town of Bethlehem". You need four verses of "Joy" to make it fit, (or 2), but it's a lovely thing.<br /><br />As an opposite, perhaps to highlight the crashing nature of everyone else's celebration when you are mourning, try the inverse. "O little Town" to "Joy To The World". Jarring!!Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657756285779290988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953574041544310550.post-63533211400306803662016-11-30T06:26:48.842-08:002016-11-30T06:26:48.842-08:00I almost always use "It Came Upon the Midnigh...I almost always use "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" for the 3rd verse (my main resource is ELW): "And you, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low, / who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow: / look now for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing; / oh, rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing." Seems to capture the truth of suffering and hope in a way that is perfect for Blue Christmas.Pr Adriannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101086129573609249noreply@blogger.com