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[caption id="attachment_2484" align="aligncenter" width="255" caption="Rembrandt, "The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds," etching, 1634"][/caption] Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God, all glory in the highest; Angels are God's messengers, and they appear all through the story of Christ's birth -- the angel Gabriel explained…
O Come All Ye Faithful Have you ever repeated a creed in church? Many of us have at least heard before The Apostle's Creed, "I believe in God the Father, Maker of Heaven and Earth," is how it begins. Why do churches do that? In the early years of the church, just like today, the church was…
O Come All Ye Faithful [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="The Adoration of the Magi, Botticelli, 1475"][/caption] O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of angels; Refrain O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come,…
For many years, we've taught our children the hymns of the faith through what we call the Hymn of the Week. Each day we sing all the verses of the song we're learning and explain one of the verses. By the end of the week, even the young children have learned to sing the hymn and…
One of our favorite Christmas carols is Angels from the Realms of Glory. Notice how wonderfully it tells of the reactions of the different witnesses to the Messiah's coming: the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, even Anna and Simeon in the Temple. This is Rembrandt's Simeon and Anna in the Temple. Angels from the…
Get Encouraged as the Holidays Approach Hal & Melanie are the final speakers for the Ultimate Homeschool Expo: Fall Event, November 11-13th! This seminar series is Christ-focused with talks that will inspire and motivate you to prioritize, organize, and create lasting memories with your family. With 35+ speakers and 50 seminars this set is…
I was just listening to the 1812 Overture on WCPE-FM, our local classical station (you can listen online - I've tuned in from Saudi Arabia before). It struck me that even if he doesn't like "classical" music per se, that's one piece most males connect to. Any orchestra with an artillery section is worth a…
The culture in our country is spinning quickly into a post-Christian one. We live where political correctness limits our liberties to a frightening degree. We live in a time when a young woman can post a request for a Christian roommate on her church bulletin board and find herself cited by her state Department of Civil…
Over on our Facebook page, we've been posting a "hymn of the week" every Sunday for some time now. I'm putting this one on the blog - maybe we'll move them over here so more people can find them. I was reminded of the second verse of this hymn when one of our sons had to…
Probably one of the most common questions we've gotten as we speak all over the country is "How in the world do I get my teenage son to do his schoolwork?" As the parents of these guys: we've been there! There are days I've felt like jerking them (and me, too) bald-headed. We've found that…