Night of Christmas Music
"she sang of things that pleased her soul
she questioned life and made it known
she stored her knowledge deep inside her mind"
-Michelle Tumes, "Life is Beautiful"
Sharon and I are home rushing to get weekend things done because we've spent so much extra time this weekend on stuff for the FCC Night of Christmas Music that was tonight. We played an arrangement of "I Saw Three Ships", and then I played a couple of songs ("Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") with the two worship leaders of the church. It was a fun time, though as Sharon will tell you I was a basketcase right before and I messed up our piece a little (though it went well in practice, so I really can't complain too much.)
Asher sang in the Children's Choir, and oh dear was that cute. I promise pictures, but the intense look of concentration on his face for most of it is inexpressible. At his young age (3) he was watching the directors face the whole time, making sure he was singing right along with her, singing all the words right and everything. Very cute, if a little disturbing in its intensity. (Then again, I guess I just talked about being a basketcase right before, so I guess he comes by it honestly.)
Now we're set for a visit from Sharon's family followed by a visit to my family, so it'll be a busy last few weeks of the year. Sharon's got exams to give and grade, and I've still got a project to see through, but despite the amount of stuff to finish, there's only a limited number of days until 2009, so I'm sure it'll all get done and next year will start right on schedule.
I'm gonna add another part to my blog postings for the rest of Advent: small quotations or thoughts of other about Christmas. The Incarnation is the most powerful of Christian claims, and it deserves reflection from a number of angles.
"The Self-revealing of the Word is in every dimension: above, in creation; below, in the Incarnation; in the depth, in Hades; in the breadth, throughout the world. All things have been filled with the knowledge of God.
For this reason He did not offer the sacrifice on behalf of all immediately He came, for if He had surrendered His body to death and then raised it again at once He would have ceased to be an object of our senses. Instead of that, He stayed in His body and let Himself be seen in it, doing acts and giving signs which showed Him to be not only man, but also God the Word. There were thus two things which the Savior did for us by becoming Man. He banished death from us and made us anew; and, invisible and imperceptible as in Himself He is, He became visible through His works and revealed Himself as the Word of the Father, the Ruler and King of the whole creation."
-Athanasius: On the Incarnation (Translation by Sister Penelope Lawson)
she questioned life and made it known
she stored her knowledge deep inside her mind"
-Michelle Tumes, "Life is Beautiful"
Sharon and I are home rushing to get weekend things done because we've spent so much extra time this weekend on stuff for the FCC Night of Christmas Music that was tonight. We played an arrangement of "I Saw Three Ships", and then I played a couple of songs ("Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") with the two worship leaders of the church. It was a fun time, though as Sharon will tell you I was a basketcase right before and I messed up our piece a little (though it went well in practice, so I really can't complain too much.)
Asher sang in the Children's Choir, and oh dear was that cute. I promise pictures, but the intense look of concentration on his face for most of it is inexpressible. At his young age (3) he was watching the directors face the whole time, making sure he was singing right along with her, singing all the words right and everything. Very cute, if a little disturbing in its intensity. (Then again, I guess I just talked about being a basketcase right before, so I guess he comes by it honestly.)
Now we're set for a visit from Sharon's family followed by a visit to my family, so it'll be a busy last few weeks of the year. Sharon's got exams to give and grade, and I've still got a project to see through, but despite the amount of stuff to finish, there's only a limited number of days until 2009, so I'm sure it'll all get done and next year will start right on schedule.
I'm gonna add another part to my blog postings for the rest of Advent: small quotations or thoughts of other about Christmas. The Incarnation is the most powerful of Christian claims, and it deserves reflection from a number of angles.
"The Self-revealing of the Word is in every dimension: above, in creation; below, in the Incarnation; in the depth, in Hades; in the breadth, throughout the world. All things have been filled with the knowledge of God.
For this reason He did not offer the sacrifice on behalf of all immediately He came, for if He had surrendered His body to death and then raised it again at once He would have ceased to be an object of our senses. Instead of that, He stayed in His body and let Himself be seen in it, doing acts and giving signs which showed Him to be not only man, but also God the Word. There were thus two things which the Savior did for us by becoming Man. He banished death from us and made us anew; and, invisible and imperceptible as in Himself He is, He became visible through His works and revealed Himself as the Word of the Father, the Ruler and King of the whole creation."
-Athanasius: On the Incarnation (Translation by Sister Penelope Lawson)
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