{"id":42563,"date":"2017-12-24T05:45:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T10:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=42563"},"modified":"2017-12-17T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T20:46:02","slug":"light-us-even-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2017\/12\/light-us-even-silent.html","title":{"rendered":"His Light In Us, Even When He Is Silent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimarnesen.com\/his-light-in-us\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cHis Light In Us\u201d<\/a> by Kim Andr\u00e9 Arnesen is a piece intended for Christmas, although its lyrics do not restrict it to this time of year. Here is an excerpt from the lyrics, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimarnesen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the composer\u2019s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>God\u2019s distant call<br>\nflares in the night,<br>\nso long expected, so longed for;<br>\nand all my life,<br>\nChrist called my name,<br>\nand now at last, I\u2019ll answer Him.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bRenewed, his hope,<br>\nhis light in us,<br>\nincarnate, fragile,<br>\nour Lord appears,<br>\nAlleluia, alleluia!<br>\nEternal,<br>\nso perfect,<br>\nhis cry of changeless love.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYwYMngq4II\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The piece above (also found again\u00a0at the bottom of this post in a different format), \u201cEven When He Is Silent,\u201d is a setting of a text found in a Nazi concentration camp after World War II:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I believe in the sun, even when it\u2019s not shining. I believe in love, even when I feel it not. I believe in God, even when He is silent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two pieces, settings of very different texts by Arnesen, seemed to me to deserve to be juxtaposed and reflected on side by side. Christmas is an excellent time for exploring not only light, but the interplay of light and darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Arnesen seems to have a particular fondness for creating Christmas music, and so I will share several more of his works in this blog post. If you have been listening to the same Christmas music over and over, year after year and day after day, this should be refreshing. Let me offer as the next piece his \u201cDormi, Jesu\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/239111555&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next, here is his Christmas Interlude:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/242813790&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another piece that needs to be included here is his Julenatt:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/220463804&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cradle Hymn is also fitting for Christmas:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F003sSzpwS0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can hear more of Arnesen\u2019s music on his <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kim-arnesen-composer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">SoundCloud page<\/a>, his publisher (<a href=\"http:\/\/sbmp.com\/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1163\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Santa Barbara Music Publishing<\/a>), and on Spotify. What are some of your favorite Christmas works that don\u2019t get as much attention as they deserve?<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: MAGNIFICAT\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4xzFTIufSJK02FA5uYHVLV?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/201110622&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHis Light In Us\u201d by Kim Andr\u00e9 Arnesen is a piece intended for Christmas, although its lyrics do not restrict it to this time of year. 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