An Advent/Christmas Rant
Ok. Not really a rant, because that's not my thing. But really: what's with all the twee, candles are so pretty, fa-la-la Advent and Christmas music? I mean, sure if you work in a secular school where your winter concert has thematic restrictions—go for it! But if you're in a church, why waste a single breath on the prettiness of candles when you could be singing about the Incarnation!
God becoming truly human > pretty candles
End of story.
That being said, I have a soft spot for Christmas lullabies and their gentle perspective on the Incarnation, and I've been enjoying these new-to-me choral lullabies that a colleague introduced me to: Archer's "This Endris Night" and Mathias's "Sweet Was the Song."
If you'd like to read more Advent/Christmas thoughts, this is an essay I wrote last January about my experience meditating on the Incarnate One in the midst of the "wars and rumors of wars" around us.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season, filled with light, love, and of course, good hymns!
Sarah
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