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| Resource: | Books (186.5700) Every Valley : Advent with the Scriptures of Handel's Messiah |
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| Author: | Kelley, Jessica Miller | |
| Publisher: | Westminster John Knox Press, 2014 | |
| Length: | 160 pages | |
| Heading: | 010 — Advent | |
| Subjects: | Advent / Meditations; advent devotional; Christianity-Christmas; Christmas; Devotional; Handel; Inspirational and devotional works ; Messiah | |
| Location: | BV40 .E85 2014 | |
| # Copies: | 1 | |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780664259983 | |
| Description: | FROM THE PUBLISHER: Handel's Messiah is one of the most beloved musical works of the western world, playing an especially sentimental role in many people's Christmas traditions. The text of the work has turned many otherwise forgettable phrases into memorable, singable, cherished lines of Scripture. This lovely gift book will delight and inspire classical music fans and those for whom Messiah is a beloved Christmas tradition with devotions exploring the Scriptures that make up Handel's Messiah. Forty reflections journey in order through Messiah, taking the reader deeper into less-often studied texts like Malachi 3:3 and bringing new light to popular passages like Luke 2:9-14. Each reflection offers the text from Messiah, the same passage in NRSV, and a brief devotion on the text. Readers can peruse the book at leisure or examine one reflection per day throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons. DESCRIPTION: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, and ev'ry mountain and hill made low . . . For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given . . . All we like sheep have gone astray . . . Hallelujah! for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. . . These memorable words can easily be heard in a kind of sentimental haze, familiar from countless church choir concerts and Christmas Eve services. But the scriptures Handel set to music in his most beloved oratorio also tell a powerful story--of God's promised one, from prophetic foretelling to birth, death, resurrection, and ultimate victory. Find inspiration for your holiday season and year-round faith with these forty insightful meditations. |
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| Age Groups: | None specified. |
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