{"id":504,"date":"2006-11-24T18:36:56","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T18:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2006\/11\/the-original-ch-2.html"},"modified":"2006-11-24T18:36:56","modified_gmt":"2006-11-24T18:36:56","slug":"the-original-ch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2006\/11\/the-original-ch-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Original Christmas Carols (p1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Luke never met Jesus.&nbsp; So when he wrote his Gospel he had to interview those who were first hand witnesses.&nbsp; (Lk. 1.1-4)&nbsp; As he spoke with Mary the mother of Jesus, John the Baptists father, the shepherds and Simeon, he noticed something.&nbsp; Songs.&nbsp; The original Christmas carols.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/christmas20caroling2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Christmas20caroling2\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/christmas20caroling2.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>When Luke tells the story of the incarnation, he organizes it around four hymns.&nbsp; They each have taken on Latin titles based upon their opening words.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Magnificat (1.46-55)<\/li>\n<li>Benedictus (1.68-79)<\/li>\n<li>Gloria (2.14)<\/li>\n<li>Nunc Dimittis (2.29-32)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Christmas carols are called such because in 1888 a young girl named Carol Poles went missing in London.&nbsp; As the search party went on a house-to-house search, they found that no one would open their doors because they feared the infamous Jack the Ripper.&nbsp; They then decided to sing songs about the Christ child to let people in the house know that it was safe to open the doors.&nbsp; While little Carol was never found the tradition of singing the songs door-to-door remains.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t read Luke 1 &amp; 2 in a while then go check it out with jazz eyes.&nbsp; Ask yourself what it would look like for you to respond to the coming of the Christ in your life the way Mary, Zechariah, the angels and Simeon did.&nbsp; See these first Christmas carols as improvisational solo&#8217;s and let them speak to you this Advent season.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps they will convince us to open the door wide for the one who knocks is safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Luke never met Jesus.&nbsp; So when he wrote his Gospel he had to interview those who were first hand witnesses.&nbsp; (Lk. 1.1-4)&nbsp; As he spoke with Mary the mother of Jesus, John the Baptists father, the shepherds and Simeon, he noticed something.&nbsp; Songs.&nbsp; The original Christmas carols. 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Author of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith (Zondervan) and the upcoming, Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (2011). Founder of Project 127, a ministry dedicated to seeing the day when there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado's foster care system. Robert deeply desires to see the body of Christ mobilized to serve the least of these. The poor, the down and out, the disenfranchised and disabled, those deemed unimportant and the unborn. He believes that God loves all people yet he has a special heart for the poor and the poor in spirit, the miserable and the marginalized. A Contributing Editor for Leadership Journal and Urbanfaith.com. He acquired a B.A. in Bibilcal Studies from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Arts in World Christianity (Missiology) from Denver Seminary. Robert is married to the love of his life, Barbara, and they have six energetic children (3 boys &amp; 3 girls--one bio, five adopted--two from Ethiopia). 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