Pessimist, Realist or Optimist?

And here’s another truth: Most people fall somewhere between those two extremes, wanting to be the latter, sometimes falling into the former. And most people are weak, on either extreme. Judas: weak. Peter: weak. Strength is found in what we do once we figure out we’re weak. And character is shown when we choose to do the right thing even though we’re weak. Judas: characterless. Peter: characterful.

What are we to do with that?

Silent Night

Scripture Verse: Luke 2:1-20 Silent Night (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage...

O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)

Scripture verse: Psalms 2:7 O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) is a Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem Minuit, chrétiens (Midnight, Christians) by a poet, Placide Cappeau. Charlotte Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress...

Away In A Manger

Scripture verse: Matthew 1:21 Away in a Manger was published in the late nineteenth century. Various musicians and composers have altered words and music at various times throughout its history. The two most-common musical settings are by William J. Kirkpatrick and...

Mary’s Boy Child

Scripture verse: Luke 1:26 Mary's Boy Child is a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston. Hairston wrote the song with a calypso rhythm because he performed it at a party of West Indians. The song's original title was He Pone and Chocolate Tea. It was...

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Scripture verse: Mark 16:15 Go Tell It on the Mountain is an African-American spiritual, whose original writer is lost to history. The song was compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., about 1865. It is also considered a Christmas carol because it proclaims Christ’s...

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