Advent is what we call the season leading up to Christmas. It begins four Sundays before December 25, sometimes in the last weekend of November, sometimes on the first Sunday in December. This year it is Sunday, December 3.
As we begin this Advent season, a time of celebrating the first coming of God’s Son – the incarnation, when Jesus came to earth, to be born of a virgin in a manger – and waiting and preparing with hope for His second coming, we take a moment to consider just what that means for us, and the world. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2023
MUSIC REVIEWS and NEWS
The Sing! Sessions: Doxology – Keith and Kristyn Getty and Friends
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This is the second album of music released from the 2022 Sing! Conference. (Read my reflections from the conference here, and my review of the first album
Sing! Christ Our Hope In Life And Death: Live At The Getty Music Worship Conference here).
The songs on this album focus on doxology, hymns of praise to God. As with everything the Getty’s do, they are done with excellence (songwriting, musicianship and production). In addition to Keith and Kristyn Getty, artists featured on the album include Kirk Whalum, Blair Linne, Jordan Kauflin, Skye Peterson, Laura Story, the Foto Sisters, Bryan Fowler, Matt Merker and Bill Gaither.
Here are a few comments about each of the ten songs:
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