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What Are You Singing?

What Are You Singing: Joy to the World

By Janelle Tupper
Photo: Christmas over all the Earth, © lithian / Shutterstock.com
Photo: Christmas over all the Earth, © lithian / Shutterstock.com
Dec 10, 2012
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I’ve been really lucky this month to hear some of my co-workers’ reflections on the social justice implications of their favorite Christmas carols. It’s been a great opportunity to reflect back on what it is we sing and celebrate each year, the truths we profess without even knowing it.

Naturally, I wanted to get involved, as well. As I was running through the songs I love, "Joy to the World" suddenly popped up in a new light:  

Joy to the World, the Lord is come!
Let Earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

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