My Really Truly Christmas Songs
Viewing comments for Chapter 1 "Introduction"A Collection of my own Compositions for Christmas
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Comment from foxangie123
It is nice to know that we can look upon the past finding its message and applying it to today. Inspirational and gives hope. Brilliant.
reply by the author on 14-Dec-2015
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It is nice to know that we can look upon the past finding its message and applying it to today. Inspirational and gives hope. Brilliant.
Comment Written 14-Dec-2015
reply by the author on 14-Dec-2015
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Thanks foxangie123 appreciate your wonderful review. I hope you get to read and hear the carols. They should work on Windows media player if you have trouble hearing them they are also on a web site I run for our church.
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I shall. Thank you Hun.
Comment from Pyrrho
I was confused by your essay until I read at the top that it is a chapter from a book. Being an Atheist, any comments I have on the content are of zero interest to the overwhelmingly religious thinking of 99% of the participants on this site.
reply by the author on 14-Dec-2015
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I was confused by your essay until I read at the top that it is a chapter from a book. Being an Atheist, any comments I have on the content are of zero interest to the overwhelmingly religious thinking of 99% of the participants on this site.
Comment Written 14-Dec-2015
reply by the author on 14-Dec-2015
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Hi friend I know we go back a ways on here. No worries, I appreciate you coming by in any case.
Comment from mikemagine
Very good, informative prologue that tells your main reason for putting together the Christmas carols. I'm moving on to the first one.
Peace!
Mike
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Very good, informative prologue that tells your main reason for putting together the Christmas carols. I'm moving on to the first one.
Peace!
Mike
Comment Written 31-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Thanks mate are you a PC person or Apple mac? Do you have a suitable Media player to hear the music? I can give you a link to a page on the church web site I run that has the carols on it I usually only get the page going from first December on the web site but can give you the Link if needed. Thinking I should make another Carols page on my own web site before Christmas and may do that.
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Hey Geoff, I'm a PC person. I'll look on my desktop to see if I've got what I need...
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I looked and no, I don't have the media for it. But I will still read them.
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Here are the Carols on the church site I run I do plan as ai said to add these to my own Web site there aRE A COUPLE there it is again grr of other poems a lady write and I composed the tunes for them
http://nepeanbaptistoz.witnesstoday.org/Carols-Songs.html
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Thanks very much, Geoff! I will first read the fourth carol and rev. it before heading over there!
Peace,
Mike
Comment from dennis0530
I hope this will give us some new and different perspectives.
As time goes by, the message and essence of Christmas has changed and still changing. Nowadays, Christmas is too commercialized and the focus seems to be in gift-giving and party-like celebrations.
The messages of sacrifice and redemption seem to have been forgotten.
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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I hope this will give us some new and different perspectives.
As time goes by, the message and essence of Christmas has changed and still changing. Nowadays, Christmas is too commercialized and the focus seems to be in gift-giving and party-like celebrations.
The messages of sacrifice and redemption seem to have been forgotten.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Thankis Dennis hope y0ou enjoy the carols hope you can pick up the music as well.
Comment from mommerry
Your explanation of the reason behind your "carols" makes me want to read them for sure. I have not run across any yet. Never heard of "Macquarie" - in the states?
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Your explanation of the reason behind your "carols" makes me want to read them for sure. I have not run across any yet. Never heard of "Macquarie" - in the states?
Comment Written 31-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Macquarie University is a much bigger organization these days than it was when I worked there and wrote most of these carols in the 70's. It is the second youngest University in our State of NSW in Australia. I used to live about 5 minutes away from it.Worked there for 4 years. In my autobiography there is more detail on that time. Thanks for coming by.
Comment from Ben Colder
Well said. I tauoght my family long ago to always place a cross at the top of the tree and all pagen at the bottom. Our tree rep the true meaning. He came to die for our sins , our tree is the Cross. You write reminded me.
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Well said. I tauoght my family long ago to always place a cross at the top of the tree and all pagen at the bottom. Our tree rep the true meaning. He came to die for our sins , our tree is the Cross. You write reminded me.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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AMEn bro see if I can find Pastor's interesting story about the Christmas tree and pass it on to you. Thanks for coming by. Hope you can hear the music for the carols.
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Got my right hearing aid todsy in the mail
Comment from Glasstruth
A very nice prologue. Explains things well. Will have to look at the previous chapters to learn more about your writing. Thanks for sharing. Les
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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A very nice prologue. Explains things well. Will have to look at the previous chapters to learn more about your writing. Thanks for sharing. Les
Comment Written 31-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Thanks Les another new friend on FS methinks. Appreciate you coming by. Hope you enjoy the Carols and can hear the music.
Comment from Eric1
Hi sankey, I too agree with your message that the true meaning of christmas has sadly disappeared, even in some of our churches today the emphasis seems to be on the fact that the 3 wise men were bearing gifts, not that they were there to see baby Jesus.
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Hi sankey, I too agree with your message that the true meaning of christmas has sadly disappeared, even in some of our churches today the emphasis seems to be on the fact that the 3 wise men were bearing gifts, not that they were there to see baby Jesus.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Eric actually and they often get it wrong that the wise ma=en came when Jesus was a babe. If you check it out he was approximately 2 years old when the Wise men visited him thanks for coming by hope you will carry on through the carols.
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Yes I forgot that my friend
Comment from ravim
The prologue does indicate the essence of what you intend to portray. I get the impression that I will see something different in your writings. However, I felt it's much too short for a book or work that encompasses many pages and an ocean of thoughts.
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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The prologue does indicate the essence of what you intend to portray. I get the impression that I will see something different in your writings. However, I felt it's much too short for a book or work that encompasses many pages and an ocean of thoughts.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014
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Are you saying I need to add more to the Introduction? I would be happy to do that if you think it worthwhile. Hope you will check out my Carols that follow thanks.
Comment from Selina Stambi
Good introduction, Geoff. Going on to read chapter 1.
"Carols By (Candlelight)"
compose the music for most of these (c)arols. The only
(c)arol composed
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2014
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Good introduction, Geoff. Going on to read chapter 1.
"Carols By (Candlelight)"
compose the music for most of these (c)arols. The only
(c)arol composed
Comment Written 07-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2014
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OK thanks I think you already saw my carols ages ago this was the intro I felt was needed to them.