No exercise.
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
Shepherd’s Rocking Carol – Philip Aaberg
I Saw Three Ships – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Mahalia Jackson
Jehovah The Lord Will Provide – Harry Belafonte
Deck the Hall (English Traditional) – Quadriga Consort
The Wexford Carol – Eileen Ivers
In Praise Of Christmas –
This Town – Peter Mayer
Ode To Joy – Trace Bundy
Tag Archives: Christmas
27 December 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Christmas, Music, New Mexico, playlist
24 December 2025 – Christmas Truce
Because I believe that justice and peace are possible.
Despite the armed violence and warfare that rips the world,
despite the silent testimony of the dead,
despite the witness of the wounded,
despite the heartache of the displaced,
despite the silent cries of creation,
despite the devastation and the rubble,
I believe that justice and peace are possible.
Because I believe, 24 December will always include a playlist focused on the 1914 Christmas Truce. I recognize that my beliefs, statements, and actions my not make a significant difference, but I stand on my right to believe, speak, and act as I choose.
Snoopy’s Christmas – The Royal Guardsmen
Christmas Truce – Sabaton
Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
1914, the Carol of Christmas – Military Voices & Abby Scott, feat. Flt Lt Matt Little, the Raf Spitfire Choir & William Inscoe
Let the Truce Be Known – Orphaned Land
Christmas 1914 – John McDermott
It Could Happen Again – Colin Raye
All Together Now – The Farm
Christmas True of 1914 – Joyce Cooling
The Christmas True – Carol Dowgiallo & Bob Dowgiallo
Ode to the Christmas Truce of 1914 – Marshall Hattersley
Christmas Truce – Fenya
The Christmas Truce – Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Adrian Partington, Jonathan Hope, Sacha Fullerton, Jack Parry, Deryck Webb & Nicholas Perfect
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Silent Night/Stille Nacht – John McCutcheo
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Christmas, Music, New Mexico, playlist
6 January 2025
Walking. Domingo Baca arroyo. Longest walk. Fastest pace. Morning movement. Chair Stretching.
O, Fair New Mexico – rick pickren
I Am The Light Of The World – Jim And Jean Strathdee
We Three Kings – dc Talk
Jesus Ahatonnia – Bruce Cockburn
A Way Home – Black Violin
The Three Kings And I – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
We Three Kings – The Roches
We Three Kings – Robert Mirabal
Angels From the Realms of Glory – Bill Carter And The Presbybop Quartet
We Three Kings – Rod Stewart, feat. Mary J. Blige
Three Elders – Red Nativity
Home By Another Way – James Taylor
Carols of the Epiphany – Greek Folk Children’s Choir
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Epiphany Carol – Francis Patrick O’Brien
We Three Kings of Orient Are – Three More Tenors
We Three Kings (Reimagined) – Olivia Newton-John
We Three Kings – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
We Three Kings – Cumberland Gap Reunion
We Three Kings – Bill Mize & Ed Gerhard
We Three Kings – Alice Gomez
The Little Drummer Boy – Johnny Cash
Carol Of The Bells – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
In The Bleak Mid-Winter – Holiday Traditions
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – André Previn
O Come All Ye Faithful – The Chieftains
Nadal de Luintra – Berrogüetto
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Go Tell It On The Mountain – Commissioned
The First Noel – Bill Miller
Ave Maria – Carpenters
Snowman’s Waltz – Little Windows
Silent Night – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
A Wassail, a Wassail – Quadriga Consort
The Holly & The Ivy – John Rutter: Clare College Singers & Orchestra
El Primer Noel – Gaby Moreno
Huron Carol – John McCutcheon
What Child Is This – david m. bailey
Drive Cold Winter Away – Castlebay
I Saw Three Ships – Lindsey Stirling
Joy to the World – Nossa Bossa Nova
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
5 January 2025
Morning movement. Walking. Chair stretching.
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Happy Christmas (War is Over) – Angélique Kidjo
Canticle of the Turning -6 Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Silent Night – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Little Drummer Boy – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat. Michael Franti –
Huron Carol – Jonathan Maracle
Joy To The World – Willie Nelson
Cry Of A Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
O Holy Night – Karla Bonoff
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Harry Belafonte
The Frostbite Set – Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Snow – Loreena McKennitt
Noël No. 6 in D Minor “Sur les jeux d’anches sans tremblant et en duo” – Marie-Claire Alain
Music Box Blues -Trans-Siberian Orchestra
O Come,O Come Immanuel-Nervis Rex – Various Artists
The Story of Christmas – Peter Mayer
Angels We Have Heard On High – Eric Rigler
Filed under Albuquerque, Music, playlist
4 January 2025
Morning movement. Walk in the neighborhood. Chair yoga.
Old City Bar – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Three Elders – Red Nativity
Breath Of Heaven – Glòria
Wexford Carol – Quadriga Consort
Silent Night – Lindsey Stirling
Quiet Time – Jim Brickman
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – BeBe & CeCe Winans
This Rush of Wings – Metamora
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Do You Hear What I Hear – Ed Ames
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Good King Wenceslas – Ed Gerhard
Merry Christmas! – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Johnny Cash
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Mary’s Little Boy Child – José Feliciano
What Child Is This – Jonathan Maracle
Holy Is Your Name – The Many
Circle of Love – Jennifer Nettles
Christmas Is Coming – Harry Belafonte
The First Noel – Charles. T. Cozens
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Sarah McLachlan
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Music, playlist
Irish Christmas 2024
O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Enya
Seven Days Before Christmas – The Lost Brothers
Christmas Mode – Kean Kavanagh
Vultures of Christmas -The Mary Wallopers
Home For the Holidays – The Divine Comedy
Christmas in Your Arms – Ryan Mack
The Magic Of Christmas – LYRA
Silent Night – Sinéad O’Connor –
Christmas Song – Gaze Is Ghost –
Christmas Past – Mick Flannery –
Lovely Time of Year – Owen Lamont
christmas morning – Luz
Uncomfortable Christmas – CMAT & Junior Brother
Together at Christmas – Irish Women In Harmony
Christmas Once Again – ROE
Joy To The World – Moya Brennan
O Holy Night – Eileen Ivers
Christmas In Killarney – The Irish Rovers
The Sussex Carol – Craig Duncan
The First Noel – Patrick Ball
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Three More Tenors
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Once In Royal David’s City – The Chieftains
The Season’s Upon Us – Dropkick Murphys
24 December 2024 – The Christmas Truce
Because I believe that justice and peace are possible.
Despite the armed violence and warfare that rips the world,
despite the silent testimony of the dead,
despite the witness of the wounded,
despite the heartache of the displaced,
despite the silent cries of creation,
despite the devastation and the rubble,
I believe that justice and peace are possible.
Because I believe, 24 December will always include a playlist focused on the 1914 Christmas Truce. I recognize that my beliefs, statements, and actions my not make a significant difference, but I stand on my right to believe, speak, and act as I choose.
Snoopy’s Christmas – The Royal Guardsmen
Christmas Truce – Sabaton
Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
1914, the Carol of Christmas – Military Voices & Abby Scott, feat. Flt Lt Matt Little, the Raf Spitfire Choir & William Inscoe
Let the Truce Be Known – Orphaned Land
Christmas 1914 – John McDermott
It Could Happen Again – Colin Raye
All Together Now – The Farm
Christmas True of 1914 – Joyce Cooling
The Christmas True – Carol Dowgiallo & Bob Dowgiallo
Ode to the Christmas Truce of 1914 – Marshall Hattersley
Christmas Truce – Fenya
The Christmas Truce – Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Adrian Partington, Jonathan Hope, Sacha Fullerton, Jack Parry, Deryck Webb & Nicholas Perfect
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Silent Night/Stille Nacht – John McCutcheon
Filed under Advent, Current Events
8 December 2024
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) – John Lennon
Once In Royal David’s City – David M. Bailey
Silent Night – Oscar Peterson
Christmas Canon Rock – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
In The Bleak Midwinter- Julie Andrews
Noel – Black Violin
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Nashville Christmas Orchestra
O’ Come Emmanuel – Little Windows
All Through the Night – Nancy Wilson
The First Noel – Karla Bonoff
The Little Road To Bethlehem – Katie McMahon
A Star In The East – Harry Belafonte T
Looking for the Dove – Peter Mayer
Llegó Navidad – Los Lobos
Bach Prelude On In Dulci Jubilo – James Galway; John Georgiadis: Munich Radio Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Silent Night – Over the Rhine
O Little One Sweet – The Piano Guys feat. The King’s Singers
Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Natalie Cole
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Filed under Advent, Louisville, Music, playlist
A prayer about seeking Christ
(nspired by the Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac; words in quotations are his.
Great Spirit, Immanuel,
in this Advent season,
we prepare to celebrate anew
the birth of Christ.
As we sing the songs
that tell us Christ will be bornin a manager,
remind us that again this year,
we will find “Christ in the rubble” of Gaza.
For Christ comes to the margins of life.
Not to the imperial palace
but to the humble people
Christ comes.
Not to the seat of powerbut to Bethlehem, little and insignificant
Christ comes.
Not to those enthroned
but to the disinherited and dispossesed
Christ comes.
For Christmas is your act of solidarity
with your beloved children who are oppressed.
Christmas provides a ray of hope
amid the “heart of pain and suffering.”
“Christmas is the radiance of life
from the heart of destruction and death.”
Inspire us, God, to seek Christ under the rubble.
Inspire us, God, to see Christ on the margins.
Inspire us, God, to follow Christ by working for
liberation and justice.
Amen.
Last year, the Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac and the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem introduced the concept of Christ in the Rubble in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Their advent creche showed the Christ child surrounded by broken stones and concreate and other representations of destruction.
This prayer, built on that image, focuses on the rubble of Gaza. Rubble, in many forms—physical, psychological, social, and more, exists around. May we seek Christ in all the rubble of the world and respond.
Filed under Advent, Current Events, Human Rights
5 December 2024
Walking. Goss Avenue.
In The Bleak Midwinter – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat Chrissie Hynde & Richard Thompson
Star In the East – Tom Jackson
In Dulci Jubilo – Clare College Singers & Orchestra
I Saw Three Ships A Sailing – The Chieftains
The Gifts They Gave – Johnny Cash
Wexford Carol – Clare College Singers & Orchestra
Joy to the World – Dolly Parton
Young Rain Drummer – Red Nativity
Mary’s Boy Child – Harry Belafonte
Once In Royal David’s City – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
Joyeux Noel – New York Twoubadou
Fantasia On In Dulci Jubilo – James Galway; John Georgiadis: Munich Radio Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Ave Maria – Aretha Franklin
Shining Star (Emmanuel) – Nancy Wilson
Silent Night – Joanne Shenandoah
What Child Is This? – Oscar Peterson
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 