Monthly Archives: December 2021

24 December 2021

Walking. North East Maryland.
The World Is Old Tonight – Little Windows
Holy Night/Rise Up Shepherd and Follow – Jersey Boys Ensemble
For Unto Us a Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains and Jackson Browne
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Midnight Christmas Eve – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
O Holy Night – Indigo Girls
Away in the Manger – Jack Gladstone
Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Natalie Cole
The Huron Carol – Tom Jackson
Noisay Night – david m. bailey
Silent Night – Christine Anu
Christmas Eve Medley – Holiday Traditions
The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve – The Chieftains

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It comes this night

It comes this night.

Faintly, 
ever so faintly,
it comes.

Above the roar
of anger and hatred,
Above the howl 
of prejudice and bigotry,

Above the maelstrom
of systems and structures,
Above the crash 
of violence and war,

Above the groan
of doubt and despair,
Above the dis-ease
of heartache and heartbreak

Above the tumult
of turmoil and trouble
Above the clamor
of struggle and strife

Above it all,
despite it all
because of it all,
it comes.

Faintly,
ever so faintly,
it comes.

A baby’s cry,
proclaiming
life and
love and 
justice and
peace and
hope,
this night
and all nights.

It comes.
Thank God, it comes.

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23 December 2021

Walking. North East, Maryland.
Go Tell It on the Mountain – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Joy to the World – Ryan Molloy
Angels We Have Heard on High – Aretha Franklin
Creator’s Prayer – Red Nativity
Mele Kalikimaka ‘la ‘Oe – C. Pueo Pata
Il Est Ne – Rosemary Boland
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Oscar Peterson
O Holy Night – Llanelli Male Choir
Silent Night – The Buskaid Soweto String Project
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Dolly Parton
Feliz Navidad – Agua Clara
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
What Child Is This – Katie McMahon
Do You Hear What I Hear? – The Roches
Away in a Manger – Julie Andrews
We Are Christmas – Spellman Glee Club

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22 December 2021

Walking. North East, Maryland.
Serenity’s Child – Red Nativity
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Pentatonix
Joy to the World – David Archuleta
Noel Nouvelet – The Buskaid Soweto String Project
O Come, All Ye Faithful – David Briggs, Organ/Stephen Cleobury/Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Folk Like Us
Carol of the Drum/ Peace on Earth – Christine Anu, feat. Jay Laga’aia
Do You Hear – Moya Brennan
Ave Maria – Aretha Franklin
The First Noel – Joanne Shenandoah
For Unto Us a Child Is Born – The Roches
Away in a Manger – Boys of the County Bucks
We Three Kings – Charles T. Cozens
The Cherry Tree Carol – Little Windows
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Dolly Parton

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21 December 2021

Walking. North East, Maryland.
Winter Solstice.
Solstice Hymn – Jay Ungar/Mary Lea/Abby Newton/Molly Mason
Western Sky – Brian Keane, Michael Manring & Paul McCandless
Joyful Times – Marian Meadows
Winter Solstice Song – Rosemary Beland
Secret Places – Todd Cochran
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Northern Lights – Lisa Lynne
New England Morning – William Ackerman & Joan Jeanrenaud
Ursa Major – Michael Hedges
Winter Solstice – Robert Mirabel
Winter Solstice Sunrise – Mothertongue
A Long, Long Night – Crow Women
The Year Is Born Anew – Jaiya
Ring Out, Solstice Bells – Jethro Tull
The Sun Is Gonna Rise – Bill Miller
Drive the Cold Winter Away – Horslips

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20 December 2021

Walking. North East, Maryland.
Angels from the Realms of Glory – Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet
Joy to the World – BeBe and CeCe Winans
Silent Night – Oscar Peterson
O Little One Sweet – The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choir
In the Bleak Midwinter – Choir Of St. George’s Chapel Windsor
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Celtic Women
The Spirit of Christmas Past – Enya
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Banks Soundtech Steel Orchestra
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Dolly Parton
Carol of the Bells – Black Violin
I Saw a Maiden – Clare College Singers & Orchestra
A Breton Carol – The Chieftains
What Child Is This? – Moya Brennan
O Little Town of Bethlehem – The Buskaid Soweto String Project
O Holy Night – Tom Jackson
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Pat-a-Pan – Quadriga Consort

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Purple, not flowers, chair

North East, Maryland
21 December 2021

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Purple, not flowers, heart and more

North East, Maryland
21 December 2021

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Purple, not flowers, parament 2

Dickey Memorial Presbyterian Church
Baltimore, Maryland
19 December 2021

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Purple, not flowers, parament

Dickey Memorial Presbyterian Church
Baltimore, Maryland
19 December 2021

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