New Beginnings

     It was Christmas of 1983 when this first hit the airwaves at what was then WBKW The Christian Way of Life Radio. The world is looking forward to Christmas again this year Dad is headed down to the liquor store stocking up on Christmas cheer Mom is just glad that the loan went through Brother is thinking about slopes and skies Little sister is thinking about a shopping mall sitting on Santa Claus knee Its gonna be a very scary Christmas Its a frightening thing to know our world is held together by a ribbon and a bow The X that took the place of Christ on every card we read Its gonna be a very scary Christmas indeed Hey Christian lets bundle up tonight Skipping church to go around the neighborhood checking out the colorful lights If we could just go back to the Christmas of the past Maybe we could find a way to make them last. Its gonna be a very scary Christmas It's a frightening thing to know our world is held together by a r...

     I am sure that anyone who is on my FB page remembers "The Living Christmas Tree" from Memorial Baptist Church.  You were a "Tree" person or you went to see it.  I have been in such a grumpy mood this Christmas, because finances are tight and things. I have been in this situation before when I was single, but what made it bearable was singing on the "Living Christmas Tree", giving joy to others to help them have a Merry Christmas.       We would start practicing on the second Sunday in September in the afternoons. We did every type of music, from Handels Messiah to songs like"Mary Did You Know".  I know quite a bit of Christmas music.  I sang on the tree from 1988 to 2000.  How I got to sing on the "Tree" was Mrs. Edith Dickerson was a friend of someone who was going to church at Memorial at the time and they invited her to sing on the "Tree". Mrs. Dickerson didn't want to sing on it by herself so she asked me a...