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Twelfth Day of Christmas | Braden Smith reads a history of the wisemen and a TS Eliot poem
January 5, 2024 • Zachary Parker, Braden Smith
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. Merry Twelfth Day of Christmas!
Eleventh Day of Christmas | The Origins of the 12 Days of Christmas; Poetry of Helen Steiner Rice
January 4, 2024 • Zachary Parker, Braden Smith
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry Eleventh Day of Christmas!
Tenth Day of Christmas | Braden Smith reads Dickens, Tolkien
January 3, 2024 • Zachary Parker, Braden Smith
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry Tenth Day of Christmas!
Ninth Day of Christmas | Jarrod Richey Plays & Discusses Christmas Music
January 2, 2024 • Zachary Parker, Jarrod Richey
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. You'll also hear singing and handbells played by some of our youth and adults here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry Ninth Day of Christmas and Happy New Year!
Eighth Day of Christmas | Sir Gawain, Again
January 1, 2024 • Zachary Parker
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry Eighth Day of Christmas!
Seventh Day of Christmas | Morgan Lang reads Robert Frost
December 31, 2023 • Zachary Parker, Morgan Lang
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. If you want to read along with Morgan Lang, a PDF of Robert Frost's poem is attached in the "Notes" tab. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry Seventh Day of Christmas!
Sixth Day of Christmas | Remy Wilkins reads Cummings, Yeats
December 30, 2023 • Zachary Parker, Remy Wilkins
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. If you want to read along with Remy Wilkins, a PDF of the E.E. Cummings and William Butler Yeats poems is attached! You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry Fifth Day of Christmas!
Fifth Day of Christmas | Jarrod Richey Plays & Discusses Christmas Music
December 29, 2023 • Zachary Parker, Jarrod Richey
We continue the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring members of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry Fifth Day of Christmas!
Fourth Day of Christmas | Samson Hilleke reads J.R.R. Tolkien
December 28, 2023 • Zachary Parker, Samson Hilleke
We begin the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring a member of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry First Day of Christmas!
Third Day of Christmas | Evelyn Myers reads Wallace Stevens
December 27, 2023 • Evelyn Myers, Zachary Parker
We begin the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring a member of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. If you want to read Wallace Stevens' poem, "The Snow Man," a copy (PDF) is attached for you to download and read. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry First Day of Christmas!
Second Day of Christmas | Emmalyne Eley reads Emily Dickinson
December 26, 2023 • Emmalyne Eley, Zachary Parker
We begin the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring a member of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. If you want to read Emily Dickinson's poem, "The Savior Must have been," a copy (PDF) is attached for you to download and read. You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry First Day of Christmas!
First Day of Christmas | Finn Amos reads G.K. Chesterton
December 25, 2023 • Finn Amos, Zachary Parker • Isaiah 52
We begin the 12 Days of Christmas for 2023, a special series featuring a member of our congregation reading passages from the Bible as well as sermons, essays, and Christmas carols. If you want to read "The House of Christmas" along with Finn Amos today, check out the attached file (PDF). You'll also hear music played by some of our youth here at Church of the Redeemer. Merry First Day of Christmas!
Twelve Days of Christmas | Day Twelve with Old Time Radio Show
January 5, 2023 • Zachary Parker, Steve Wilkins
In the 2022 series of Redeemer Talk's 12 Days of Christmas podcast series, listen on this Twelfth Day to an old time radio show performed by the 11th and 12th grade students at Geneva Academy. Merry Twelfth Day of Christmas!
Twelve Days of Christmas | Day Eleven with Readings by Samson Hilleke
January 4, 2023 • Zachary Parker • Psalm 85
In the 2022 series of Redeemer Talk's 12 Days of Christmas podcast series, listen on this Eleventh Day to a reading of Psalm 85, as well as a reading from a sermon by Augustine of Hippo, read by Samson Hilleke. Merry Eleventh Day of Christmas!
Twelve Days of Christmas | Day Ten with Readings by Gloria Cychosz
January 3, 2023 • Zachary Parker • Psalm 76
In the 2022 series of Redeemer Talk's 12 Days of Christmas podcast series, listen on this Tenth Day to a reading of Psalm 76, as well as a reading from On the Incarnation, by Athanasius, read by Gloria Cychosz. There's also a piano solo from Kathryn Cross. Merry Tenth Day of Christmas!