Tag: Christmas Music
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Endurance in Christmastime
Advent, the weeks leading to Christmas, is a time of anticipation- remembering the Israelites awaiting the Messiah and acknowledging our own waiting for his return. It’s a season with enough heft and depth to evoke and hold our grief. We remember the Israelits waiting and waiting for their deliverance. We remember the massacre of the innocents when word reached Herod…
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Endurance in Christmas Time
The Christmas album I’ve listened to the most this year comes from Hymns from Nineveh, the project of Danish musician Jonas Petersen. Unlike so much Christmas music, there is nothing precious about Endurance in Christmas Time; these are songs of exile and longing, with occasional whimsy and celebration. I know there’s only a few day’s…
David W. Swanson 