![]() ![]() Then, he said, he was emotionally obliterated. Beautiful lyrics, so fitting for this liturgical occasion (He’s a pastor, too).Īnd then our lead singer got to the chorus: Vienna Teng! He loves her music, and this is a great song. My dad’s experience of hearing it in that context went like this: ![]() ![]() My parents are also fans of Vienna Teng, and I had let them know we’d be using this song. My parents came to this Longest Night service along with my grandfather, because, of the many people we were remembering as a family this year, my grandmother Jean (Mimi to me and my cousins) was one of them. The good people working with me on our Longest Night service found the title of the song confusing-after all, the only word from it that actually appears in the lyrics of the song is “The.” We elected to leave the title off the program so as not to distract anyone. Where hope is currency and death is not the last unknown It’s the season of possible miracle cures Where a man is saved by a voice in the distance It’s the season of grace coming out of the void It’s called “The Atheist Christmas Carol.” I remember seeing that on the track listing of Teng’s 2004 album Warm Strangers and thinking it must be something scandalous or cynical. The only problem with this song was the title. Of feeling the full weight of our burdens It’s the season of scars and of wounds in the heart It’s a seasonal song, in a sense-in exactly the sense we needed to be spoken to at our Longest Night Service. This service, to be held on or near the longest night of the year, is designed to make space for those who are grieving or hurting around the holidays-to remind them that Christmas is for them, too:įor those more jaded than jolly, more hurting than “Hark! The Herald Angels” for those who may have a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit because of an empty chair at the family dinner table, the diagnosis hanging overhead even more surely than the Star of Bethlehem, or a troubled mind made cloudier by the shortened days.Īt this service, we chose to use a song by Vienna Teng, a pianist, singer, and songwriter I love. I got Bob Cratchit and Jacob Marley mixed up in A Christmas Carrol and accidentally wrote a whole essay on Bob Marley and how his relationship with Scrooge changed as the story progressed original sound - Little fox.Last Wednesday night, we held a Longest Night service at my church. ![]() It’s hard to believe that I passed my GCSE English literature first time | Because I didn’t, TikTok video from Charlotte□️□ "My version of A Christmas Carrol is definitely worth a read… i have some VERY interesting views #achristmascarol #gcse #gcse2023 #bobcrachit #jacobmarley #englishliterature #exams #fail #meme #bobmarley #lesbian #wlw #UKSummer #lesbiantiktokers #LGBTQ #masc #mascsoftiktok #summer #summer2023 #fems #spring #summer2023loading #lgbt #toxicrelationships #obsessed #thenicantsee #women's #gymtok #mascs #scottishlass #foryou #foryourpage #schoollife #school #foryou #foryourpage #foryoupage #fypシ゚viral #viral #funny #makemefamous #itshardtobelieve #becauseimnot #thatsinarack #wlwtiktok□️□ #lgbt□ #lgbt□️□". My version of A Christmas Carrol is definitely worth a read… i have some VERY interesting views #achristmascarol #gcse #gcse2023 #bobcrachit #jacobmarley #englishliterature #exams #fail #meme #bobmarley #lesbian #wlw #UKSummer #lesbiantiktokers #LGBTQ #masc #mascsoftiktok #summer #summer2023 #fems #spring #summer2023loading #lgbt #toxicrelationships #obsessed #thenicantsee #women 's #gymtok #mascs #scottishlass #foryou #foryourpage #schoollife #school #foryou #foryourpage #foryoupage #fypシ゚viral #viral #funny #makemefamous #itshardtobelieve #becauseimnot #thatsinarack #wlwtiktok□️□ #lgbt□ #lgbt□️□ġ.8K Likes, 36 Comments. ![]()
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