I daresay that you will not find these two artists mentioned together on any other blog!
Funny thing, I was thinking of telling you about the "Mary Had A Little Lamb" song but thought you might think it was a children's song (it isn't , it's lovely), so I thought I would wait and tell you about it next year. After all, Christmas had just gone past. Would you believe me when I tell you that my very first customer at work that day was a Mr. Lamb? Whoa, I thought to myself...I WILL write that post!
Richard and I visited the Monastery this weekend. The church was warm and inviting.
Not one but TWO new Nativity scenes were there! How wonderful for the monks to share this!
What about you? Anything new for you that has brought you joy and wonder?
Nope! I'm still waiting, Kay! :)
ReplyDeleteNever mind, I am happy to share the joy and wonder.
DeleteI love Christmas Lullaby, and really everything he writes. His music is so cheerful and optimistic and just plain pleasant.
ReplyDeleteI knew of John Rutter before this year but this was one dong I did not know. He was featured in a movie about Handel on the BYU channel this past Christmas and it made me search to see if he had written Christmas songs, which of course he had!
DeleteOne song!
DeleteEvery day brings something of wonder for me. Most times they also bring joy.
ReplyDeleteEven the smallest thing can bring joy, you might just have to pay attention! And I am telling myself this too!
DeleteKay, so far I'd only known "Mary had a little lamb" by name, and wrongly thought it was a nursery rhyme of old - I didn't know it was a religious song. Also, I didn't know the Christmas Lullaby.
ReplyDeleteThank you for making me once again learn something new from your blog!!
Something new that brought me joy already this year was the fresh snow that fell in the Black Forest where O.K. and I went for romantic "Winter Wonderland" walks the past few days - you'll get to see pictures on my blog sooner or later, of course :-)
Mary Had A Little Lamb is a nursery rhyme but this song by the same name was written, I think, just last year by T. Graham Brown, his wife Shelia Brown and Jimmy Fortune. If you listen closely to the words, they are true to the Bible. Wish I had written it!
DeleteMy favourite song of all is one of the simplest and you know that one very well, Silent Night.
I must confess that both of those songs/carols are new to me. I love nativity scenes too. There's a church here in Edmonton that collects them and every year puts on a display of their collection for one weekend before Christmas. I believe the display is up to about 1500 now -- every kind and description of nativity scene! I donated the one my family used when I was a child. It has a musical stable and plays carols.
ReplyDeleteIt played carols? That must bring back a lot of happy memories!
DeleteI am glad that these songs are new to you also.
John Rutter, you will have heard of, but T. Graham Brown, you might not know!
I have a little heart shaped plaque hanging by the door that says Mary had a little lamb ...that grew up to be my Savior. It was given by a friend years ago. Our church always displays a Nativity scene every year and the grandchildren are always in awe of it. It's not they don't have one of their own at home, but the lifelike statues make it seem more real I guess. Those little ones are just filled with joy and wonder.
ReplyDeleteI love your little heart shaped plaque by your door.
DeleteThey used to have a Nativity Scene at the Monastery that one of the Monks would move Mary & Joseph closer and closer to the Manger scene, and they would be there on Christmas Eve. And at midnight, the Christ Child would be in the manger. They don't do this now, but our son has nice memories of going before Christmas and seeing Mary & Joseph on the move!
It's interesting that the nativity scene is still up in my town even though they've already taken all the lights down. It's a shame because it made everything look so much warmer. That is an absolutely beautiful monastery, and a lovely coincidence with Mr Lamb.
ReplyDeleteI have never before met a person by the name of Lamb so for me it just showed that I needed to write this post!
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