by Dr. Jay Richard Akkerman
Music can offer a significant means of spiritual engagement, especially during the Advent and Christmas seasons. What favorite hymn or chorus moves you at this time of year? Here are some favored holiday songs recommended by the faculty and staff of NNU’s College of Theology & Christian Ministries that you may want to consider for individual or communal worship in the weeks ahead…
- Dr. Rojelio Aguila: “Angels We Have Heard on High”
- Dr. Tomas Alvares: “O Holy Night”
- Dr. Joe Bankard: “Silent Night”
- Rev. Sam Bartolome: “O Come, All Ye Unfaithful”
- Audra Butkus: “Be Born in Me”
- Vicki Funk: “The First Noel”
- Dr. Joe Gorman: “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”
- Prof. Tim Hahn: “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
- Dr. Mike Kipp: “What Child Is This?”
- Dr. Diane Leclerc: “Glory Be to God on High”
- Dr. Marty Michaelson: “Joy to the World”
- Dr. Brent Peterson: “Angels from the Realms of Glory”
- Prof. Mary Schmitt: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
