“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Fine Arts Friday: “All things seem possible in May.”
This post contains affiliated links. May is upon us, and for Texans, that really means summer — bearable and mild summer — but summer nonetheless. Yes, I realize the calendar says “spring,” but 90 degree days says “grab a glass of ice tea, it’s summer.” I wish our local pool would acquiesce to that reality […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Telling THE story
One of the purposes of art is to tell a story. The story of Jesus, particularly his death and resurrection, has been told in art again and again. In painting, drama, song, and literature, we tell over and over again the gospel — that Christ died for our sins and rose again that we […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Sing with me!
New month, new songs. You know the drill. The hymn will sound very familiar, being set to the same tune as my favorite hymn. It’s nice when you already know the melody. The words are also lovely. Lord of All Hopefulness Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, whose trust, ever childlike, no cares […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Thanks a lot, Dickens!
This month’s hymn is “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” a still popular though often altered hymn. You’ll find lovely versions by All Sons & Daughters and Fernando Ortega. I chose a version by Chris Rice because it leaves the second verse intact: Here I’ll raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I’m come; Of course, […]
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Fine Arts Friday: February stuff
Time for new songs for a new month. I’ve pretty much abandoned the Ambleside rotation this month and instead have chosen things that fit with our other studies. For our hymn this month, I chose one to go along with a sermon series our church is doing on revival. The key verse of Psalm 85:6 […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Free stuff!
The Getty Publications is offering over 250 art volumes as free downloads. A myriad of topics are covered, from Pieter de Hooch to Ancient Gems and Finger Rings. That got me thinking about other fine arts resources available for free. I feel rather strongly that while information may want to be free and whatnot, violating copyright […]
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Fine Arts Friday: New Year, New Stuff
Cribbed from The Common Room’s Facebook Page — a thoroughly likable page. (Hint hint.) “‘Education is the Science of Relations’; that is, that a child has natural relations with a vast number of things and thoughts: so we train him upon physical exercises, nature lore, handicrafts, science and art, and upon many living books, for we […]
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Christmas longing
My favorite Christmas carol is “O Come, Emmanuel.” It is so hauntingly beautiful, but when performed on cello, it’s almost heartbreaking. Unlike most Christmas hymns, it is not primarily joyful and triumphant. It is a song of longing, although longing in assurance: “Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.” It is […]
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Hymns of Thanksgiving
I’m loving the Thanksgiving season, even if everyone else has gone pell-mell into the Christmas season. We’ve been singing these traditional Thanksgiving hymns during our The lack of erection is called impotency because an un-erected wholesale generic cialis penis cannot help you in making successful physical relation. Prostatic congestion levitra samples is a medical condition […]
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This is not a Christmas Post!
Because the Christmas season does not start until Thanksgiving is over. Thanksgiving is a beloved and wonderful holiday and deserves it’s due. Let’s all take a moment to appreciate Thanksgiving. I don’t want to rush through Thanksgiving and miss all of autumn in a rush to get to Christmas. There will be no Christmas decorations, […]
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