You know those times when you have the TV on, the kids are running circles around your house, and your toddler is crying at your feet while you are trying to get lunch ready for everyone? Yea that is a scene that is all to familiar at my house. So I have been looking for ways to calm things down a bit and I found something that works like a charm! One of my favorite things to do when I start feeling like my home is chaos is I put in Michael Ethingtons solo piano
collections. I absolutely love putting his CD in, turning the TV off and watching the peace quickly come into my home! Michael’s CD’s have popular hymns that are uniquely arranged on the piano and every song is beautiful but I think my favorite one is “We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet.” on his Believe album. Along with the Believe 
album he also has one called Become that is also just as beautiful. And this year I was so excited that he came out with a Christmas album called Sacred Birth. You can check out all his music on his website ldspianosolo.com
We are also excited that Michael has given us some of his albums as giveaway’s and we are going to have a contest to win his new Sacred Birth CD. Here is how to win: Just leave a comment below of your favorite line or phrase from your favorite Christmas song. Whoever has the most likes by 8:00 pm tonight is the winner!! You can enter as many times as you would like. Good luck!
Joy To the World – Jeremy Camp
♫…Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy…♪
♪…And the weight of the world is on His shouldersAnd His kingdom will never end
And the weight of the world is on His shoulders
And His kingdom will never end….♫ 🙂
Love that song!
Do you wonder as you watch my face
If a wiser one should have had my place
But I offer all I am
For the mercy of your plan
Help me be strong
Mary’s Song – Amy Grant
Chains shall he break for the slave is our brother and in his name all oppression shall cease.
Santa Drives a hot rod!
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep “God is not dead nor doth he sleep. the wrong shall fail, the right prevail with peace on earth, goodwill to men'”
I heard the bells on Christmas day.
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.
“Mary did you know” – Mark Lowry
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john at ldssmile.com or you can just message us on Facebook. Congrats on winning!
One seems to hear, words of good cheer, from everywhere, filling the air. -Carol of the Bells
the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup.
Keep Christ in CHRISTmas.
Keep the spirit of Christmas all year round.
“4:00, wallow in self pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss. 5:00, solve world hunger, (tell no one). 5:30, jazzercise. 6:30, dinner with me, I can’t cancel that again! 7:00, wrestle with myself loathing. I’m booked!” -The Grinch.
Please like for my moms Christmas present!
It came upon a midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth, to touch their harps of gold. 🙂 – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
“Son of God, Love’s pure light. Radiant Beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of Redeeming Grace.”
-Silent Night
Mary had a little lamb, One holy morning
‘Neath the star of Bethlehem, A brand new day was forming
Guided by the shining light, And the angel’s voice
Wise men traveled through the night, To see the baby boy.
-Garth Brooks
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing …
I think the second verse has great meaning.
Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Ris’n with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die;
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
No more life’s torn apart and wars would never start and time would heal all hearts, and everyone would have a friend and right would always win and love would never end, this is my grown up Christmas list.
Its a festivis miracle
You’re an angry elf!
Every time a bell rings, an angel get it’s wings
ho ho ho merry Christmas
“Son, do you know the number for 9-1-1…” “Duh! 9-1-1”
“you’re a mean one… mister Grinch!”
Joy to the world…let earth receive her king…