Acts 17:11
Consider this
“One of the best parts about Advent is just the time that you get to spend on reflecting, why we need a savior and what Jesus gives to us and gives us hope. And a fun way and a really meaningful way for me is Silent Night when we get to turn off all the lights and just sit in the silence and hear the beautiful music…”
“When I was thinking about the Incarnation and a Christmas song that meant a lot to me, I was thinking back to when I was expecting our second daughter and she was due mid January and we knew she had Down syndrome and would need a major open heart surgery shortly after she was born. And I think the weightiness of that Christmas…”
“Advent was a time when you were aware that it's getting dark earlier. So the winter light is a low light and there's not as much of it. So you're aware of the light in the darkness, not just the light in the darkness. And I had this sense of it and I associated it with later on the excitements of Christmas…”
“The one Christmas carol that stood out for me, and not only musically, but certainly the words, is ‘Holy Night,’ or ‘O Holy Night.’ One particular verse that is in it ... In fact, I wrote it down here, ‘The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger in all our trials born to be our friend. He knows our need, to our weakness no stranger…’”
