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Kenneth Osbeck tells the story of how centuries ago on the South Coast of China, high up on a hill overlooking the harbor of Macao, Portuguese settlers built an enormous
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Favorite Easter Hymns, Part 2 of 2
Like a lot of Christians my age, I learned the old hymns at church before I learned to read. Every Easter Sunday, I’d enjoy singing along to the rousing rendition of “Up from the Gravy.” While the lyrics puzzled me, I loved the deep, somber dirge of each stanza that suddenly leapt joyously into the chorus like a trumpet blast. I could never figure out how a rose could grow out of a pot of gravy, but I could tell it was a triumphant event worthy of celebration.
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The first popular American carol: ‘We Three Kings’
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
This nativity is displayed outside the Turner and Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Even though the Bible says that the three wise men weren’t present at the birth of Jesus, it is still a traditional reminder of the real reason for the season.
Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette
Editor’s Note It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “sound track.” The Times-Gazette today presents part eight of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the history behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season.
Attempting to answer ‘What Child Is This?’
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Seventeeth-century artist Bartolome Murillo’s painting of “Adoration of the Shepherds” from the 1960 Devotional Family Bible.
Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette
Editor’s Note: It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “soundtrack.” The Times-Gazette today presents the ninth installment of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the stories and history behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season.
In Mark’s gospel, Jesus and the disciples were in the towns on the coastline of Caesarea Phillipi when he posed a question to those who were following him.