Gift of the Magi for We Three Kings.

Hymn Guide: We Three Kings

Posted on January 1, 2025
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“We Three Kings” is a festive carol that both tells the story of the magi visiting baby Jesus, and also explores the deeper significance of their gifts.

Hymn Guide: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Posted on December 13, 2024
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The majestic Christmas carol, “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing,” celebrates both the birth of Christ and the saving work he came to do. First written by Charles Wesley, with small but significant modifications by George Whitefield, it reflects the confidence of the Great Awakening in the glorious grace of God.

12 Christmas Books for Kids

Posted on December 10, 2024
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In our family, we store our Christmas books in the attic for most of the year. So it is a cause of great delight, near the beginning of Advent, when we bring them out again. In these books, we find wonderful stories to celebrate the birth of Christ. To be clear, these are not adaptations…

Cecil Frances Alexander

Singing the Faith with Mrs. Alexander

Posted on October 11, 2024
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On the surface, there is precious little widely available on the life of Cecil Frances Alexander, a “Hymn-writer and Teacher of the Faith,” as she’s called in the 2019 Prayer Book. I was able to find precisely one biography available online, which, in turn, led me to a smaller one that her husband wrote after…

St. Bartholomew and the Last Judgement

Skin in the Game: Bartholomew and the Resurrection of the Body

Posted on August 23, 2024
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Church tradition teaches that every apostle died a martyr. Some were crucified, some beheaded, and some stoned. But according to an ancient Armenian text, Bartholomew has the dubious distinction of what may be the most gruesome death of them all: being skinned alive. Christian artists have made much of this story, especially Michelangelo, whose Last…