Today’s seasonal selection contains an evaluation of all the problems with various carols in the Living Hymns Hymnal. Apparently, this guy has never heard of “poetic license” or “hyperbole” or pretty much any other literary device. I really wish he would write a carol of his own so that we can see how it’s done. [...]

This is not my original creation. However, the creators wish to remain anonymous so I’ll respect their wishes.

I’ve been hanging on to this video for about eight months now, waiting for it to be the right season. And now it is.

I don’t know the full story of what’s going on here but I’m thinking someone might want to look into making some new laws about it. (Full Disclosure: My mom played the Autoharp when I was a kid) (Fuller Disclosure: So did I)

Let’s conduct an experiment in psychological conditioning! Step 1: play a song by clicking here (YouTube version here) Step 2: Report how many seconds it took for you to begin feelings of anxiety, guilt, and the general urge to run across the room and kneel in front of something. Step 3: Discuss

These pianos happen to reside at Truth-Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina.

I’m interested to know if anybody else even knows this song with these old lyrics. The song has since been re-written to make it a little less dour and dismal.

At about 1 minute in (if you can make it that far) the blonde lady apparently starts having some kind of spasm. I’ve been to a lot of different kinds of meetings that that particular ecstatic tic is not one I’m familiar with. And yes I know the male singer is not wearing a tie. [...]

Here’s some video of special music from the the Mount Carmel Baptist Church who’s website was featured in our last post. I’m sure the singer is doing his best and singing from his heart but the build up of talking about how nervous his is and how we should all “pray for him” while he [...]