tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post8629779443151321755..comments2024-03-27T11:48:21.579-07:00Comments on InScribe Writers Online: Ring Those Christmas Bells - by Joylene M. BaileyTracy Krausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05066853243062725525noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-67385953433405193952016-01-07T20:03:39.253-07:002016-01-07T20:03:39.253-07:00Oh, Joylene, what a gift you have given us in thes...Oh, Joylene, what a gift you have given us in these sweet songs and images. I'm so glad you focused on Longfellow's song. Our pastor used it in his message and it is one of my favorite verses, going from despair to hope. Your additional verse is beautiful!Ramona Heikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698592720587410097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-74469769860521714612015-12-22T11:41:12.771-07:002015-12-22T11:41:12.771-07:00Joylene,
I really enjoyed your post this morning. ...Joylene,<br />I really enjoyed your post this morning. I read it to my hubby. We both didn't know about the history of Christmas Bells. You did a splendid job of adding the final verse. I am with you. I love hearing the Christmas music - at the airport! in the courtyard of our place here in Mesa, AZ. In the stores. I sing along and find it soothing in the bustle of life.<br />Blessings and Merry Christmas,<br />JanisJanis Coxhttp://www.janiscox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-19767794628251271082015-12-21T21:47:29.405-07:002015-12-21T21:47:29.405-07:00My family used to roll their eyes when I started p...My family used to roll their eyes when I started playing Christmas music in September! But now my grown daughters are doing the same thing ... haha. Yes, I think they are good any time of the year.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-22640093480231268022015-12-21T21:46:19.904-07:002015-12-21T21:46:19.904-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-15130895096377614782015-12-21T21:44:32.742-07:002015-12-21T21:44:32.742-07:00What?? Not like Christmas Carols?? haha I agree ...What?? Not like Christmas Carols?? haha I agree they seem to be played over and over and over. But I do love that the gospel is being shared to those who are unaware that it is being shared. :)Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-62278597173345282382015-12-21T21:43:13.675-07:002015-12-21T21:43:13.675-07:00And Merry Christmas to you too Jocelyn.And Merry Christmas to you too Jocelyn.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-70336927552878898032015-12-21T10:08:25.014-07:002015-12-21T10:08:25.014-07:00Thanks for your post, Joy
I love Christmas carols ...Thanks for your post, Joy<br />I love Christmas carols and am "guilty" of playing them at other times of the year than Christmas :) I love the idea of writing an additional stanza to a Christmas carol. Thanks for the inspiration and encouragement.Ruth L. Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837979121189526867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-63868887836868070492015-12-21T08:18:00.286-07:002015-12-21T08:18:00.286-07:00I am not going to be too popular here, but I have ...I am not going to be too popular here, but I have an aversion to Christmas Carols as they seem to be played way too much on radio stations. Yet, I do love Longfellow's words here, and your stanza at the end fits so well. Thank you for letting us in to Longfellow's life making the song so much richer through understanding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-32027420197644566142015-12-21T07:55:03.328-07:002015-12-21T07:55:03.328-07:00Thank you for this researched and added to post on...Thank you for this researched and added to post on the carols. This song has long struck a chord with me as well … the victory over despair, even while peace is hard to find. The inner peace is what we long for. Thank you for musically putting together many lovely thoughts. (I had to sing the lines as I read them.)<br />Merry, merry, merry, merry, Christmas……… Jocelyn Fairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767357831759356035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-29632180159276435302015-12-20T17:23:04.480-07:002015-12-20T17:23:04.480-07:00Thank you Connie.
Thank you Connie.<br />Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-7556422638613421572015-12-20T17:08:38.209-07:002015-12-20T17:08:38.209-07:00Longfellow doesn't mince words, does he? But I...Longfellow doesn't mince words, does he? But I must say, Joy, that your stanza brings tears to my eyes...it did when we sang it at Writer's Cafe and it did again today--so much power, so much hope, in the proclamation of God's message of love and peace. Thanks for sharing this.Connie Mae Inglishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988103819012472275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-92178111194657761282015-12-20T13:45:14.986-07:002015-12-20T13:45:14.986-07:00Yes, that line is so very powerful. There is somet...Yes, that line is so very powerful. There is something so reassuring in knowing that God does not sleep and is always aware even when I am unaware. :)Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-48608639383273696162015-12-20T13:43:03.011-07:002015-12-20T13:43:03.011-07:00It's funny that your least favourite is Angels...It's funny that your least favourite is Angels We Have Heard on High. That one has always been my favourite! Especially the glooooorias. I think it was the way you could harmonize to it. Good thing there are enough Christmas Carols around that everyone can have a different favourite.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-87363447253499685212015-12-20T12:17:57.395-07:002015-12-20T12:17:57.395-07:00I have always enjoyed this song but I have never h...I have always enjoyed this song but I have never heard all of the stanza's as you said. I love how he is so real about the times he lives in yet in the end proclaims that God is not dead and right will prevail. You are right that it is a fitting time for now. And I agree with Bobbi that you put it together magically. I loved it. It's funny to me that you started out with the song Angels We Have Heard on High (my least favorite) as every year as a child I absolutely cringed when it was sung...especially at school!! As an adult I have gotten more used to it...but still..I cringe if it is sung out of tune. I do love all other Christmas Carols though...especially Joy To The World ;) Gloria Lynn Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144091313075005581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-3411963585240322132015-12-20T09:22:05.001-07:002015-12-20T09:22:05.001-07:00'I Heard the Bells' is one of my favourite...'I Heard the Bells' is one of my favourite carols, perhaps because I am a Longfellow fan in general. Last night at our music practice, (I lead worship at our church) we were singing this song and two of the singers said they had never heard this song before! I was amazed. Anyway, I LOVE the line "God is not dead nor does he sleep". I, too, am thankful that this time of year people are receptive to the gospel and without n=knowing it they are proclaiming the good news about jesus. Tracy Krausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066853243062725525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-69357405084322813722015-12-20T07:13:51.371-07:002015-12-20T07:13:51.371-07:00Thank you for your encouragement, Bobbi.Thank you for your encouragement, Bobbi.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-59029240836873983932015-12-20T06:09:23.278-07:002015-12-20T06:09:23.278-07:00Joy, your use of phrases from familiar carols to d...Joy, your use of phrases from familiar carols to draw the reader along is a brilliant literary tool. It made me, as a reader, feel on par with you, the writer, and pulled me along to discover your message. Very well crafted. As for the content, I was close to tears by the time you got to 'So rest ye, merry Inscribers!' This was a very special post. Thank you.<br />Bobbi Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366421883424533929noreply@blogger.com