Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 12 AM by Ruth Tynes / Online Editor / InTheTimes.com
Hi InTheTimes.com Girls!
Christmas is definitely one of my most favorite times of year! Family time...shopping...peppermint hot chocolate (with lots of whip cream of course, smile!) Christmas-themed movies...presents...parades... glitter...holiday foods...snow...wrapping paper...decorations...lights... holiday fashion...Church...parties...cooking...holiday smells...surprises... and Christmas music!!!
It is soooo easy to get caught up in ourselves, that we forget what Christmas is really about. God coming to Earth in the form of a man to teach us how to live and save us from a life of sin...Redemption! God teaching us through His Son Jesus, how to love Him, love ourselves, and love others!
A great way to make sure to keep 'the reason for the season' in the forefront of your brain is through great Christmas music! Take the time to think about the lyrics to some of our favorite Christmas songs, you'll be surprised how inspiring they can be!
Below you'll find some must-have Christmas albums for your collection, make sure to click the links to preview the songs for free and purchase your favs!
Talk Soon! RUTH
* More Must-Have Christmas Music Coming Soon!!!
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Carried Away / Snow Falls Story Behind the Song
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 9:53 AM by Ruth Tynes / Online Editor / InTheTimes.com
>>>Let's go shopping! Make sure to click the links below to hear free audio samples of Carried Away's music and to purchase your favs! You can buy hard copies of Carried Away's albums, download individual songs, download the entire album, or buy used copies for a discounted price!
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Rebecca St. James on Christmas
Wednesday, November 19th 2008 at 11:24 AM by Ruth Tynes / Online Editor / InTheTimes.com
"As an Australian coming to live in America as a teenager in the '90's, I embraced America and the American culture of Christmas. I became aware that over a hundred years ago a headline appeared in a New York newspaper assuring a little 8 year old girl named Virginia that Santa Claus really existed. The message of 'Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus' and the editorial from which it came were national news, becoming indelible parts of popular Christmas lore.
I find it sad that now the newspaper headline might read, 'Yes, Virginia, There Is A Jesus,'--as millions of American children are growing up in a country where Jesus is increasingly being excluded from the holiday that was originally set aside with the intent of celebrating His birth.
Over 2000 years since that night in Bethlehem the battle rages. Should Boston light a 'Christmas Tree,' or a 'Holiday Tree?' Should we be offered the greeting 'Merry Christmas,' or 'Happy Holidays' while shopping this year? I encourage my fellow Christians to stand up for the right to have Christ remain in Christmas. One by one attempts are being made to dim the lights of Christianity in America. We see it everywhere around us. It's been successful to the point of taking the Ten Commandments from public walls, prayer out of American schools, nativity scenes off display in communities across the nation. It's working on taking God's name off the U.S. currency and out of the Pledge of Allegiance...and now to take all references of Jesus out of Christmas. If these agendas continually succeed, America holds the potential of ultimately becoming a very dark place in which to live.
Jesus is the light of the world. I wish you not a 'Happy Holiday' but a God blessed Christmas as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ."
>>>Let's go shopping! Rebecca has recorded a ton of songs! Make sure to click the links below to hear free audio samples and to purchase your favs! You can buy hard copies of Rebecca's albums, download individual songs, download the entire album, or buy used copies for a discounted price!
>>>Check out special singles / audio projects Rebecca has recorded!
>>>Watch movies that Rebecca has been featured in!
