Scripture verse: Timothy 2:11-13 O Come, All Ye Faithful (Latin – Adeste Fideles) is a carol attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade, with the earliest copies of the hymn all bearing his signature, John Reading, and King John IV of Portugal....
Scripture verse: Joshua 1:9 God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen is one of the oldest extant carols. The earliest known printed edition is in a broadsheet dated to c. 1760. The traditional English melody is in the minor mode. The carol is referred to in Charles Dickens's...
Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term. It means writing what the publisher wants. Can you do it? In our new feature – Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements. The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must...
Scripture verse: Matthew 2:10 Do You Hear What I Hear? was written by Noël Regney with music by Gloria Shayne Baker. They wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Susan Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international attention...
Scripture verse: Philippians 4:4 In Dulci Jubilo (In Sweet Rejoicing) is a macaronic text of German and Latin dating from the Middle Ages and thought to have been written by Heinrich Seuse around 1328. Suese wrote that he had a dream in which angels were singing and...
Scripture verse: Revelation 12:5 Mary, Did You Know? is a Christmas carol written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene. The song has been recorded by many artists across multiple genres and has become a modern Christmas classic. Pentatonix is an American a cappella group...
Scripture verse: Psalm 132: 4-5 Still, Still, Still is an Austrian Christmas carol and lullaby. In German its first line is Still, still, still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will! (Hush, hush, hush, for the little child wants to sleep!)The melody is a folk tune from...
Scripture verse: Isaiah 7:14 What Child Is This? Was written by William Chatterton Dix, in 1865. While recovering from an illness he underwent a spiritual renewal that led him to write a poem called The Manger Throne. It is not known who paired the The Manger Throne...
Scripture verse: Luke 1: 28-45 Ave Maria is from the Latin text Ave Maria, published in 1853 as Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach. A melody by the French Romantic composer, Charles Gounod, was superimposed over the Prelude No. 1 in C...
Scripture verse: Luke 2:13-14 Angels We Have Heard on High is of French origin, but its writers are lost to history. The song commemorates the story of the birth of Jesus, in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a heavenly host of angels singing praise for the...
