{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Trinity Forum Conversations","title":"Caroling Christmas and Christian Formation with Keith Getty","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1756,"description":"During Advent and Christmastide–and at all times–how can we understand and fully experience the formative power of music? And amid distraction and anxiety, how can we keep Christ at the center of our hearts as we sing?\nAs Keith Getty explains, Christmas carols are not only about festivity, but also formation. For all of the delight they bring, they stand as musical masterpieces that teach deep truths, embed them within our memory and consciousness, unite a disparate people in praise, and cultivate and orient our sense of joy:\n“We're fearfully and wonderfully made. We remember tunes and we forget sermons, not because we're bad people, but it's because of how God made us. The carols are special because repetition is a form of liturgy. And each Christmas, the liturgy of singing provides such an opportunity for us.” - Keith Getty\nThis podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded earlier this month. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Keith Getty here.\n\nAuthors and books mentioned in the conversation:\nSing! How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church, by Keith and Kristen Getty\nJohn Lennox\nWinston Churchill\nCharles Wesley\nFelix Mendelssohn\nJeremy Begbie\nAlistair Begg\nIsaac Watts\nJohn Calvin\n\nKeith Getty is an extraordinary hymn writer, musician, and catalyst for the modern hymn movement. He joined us for a special Trinity Forum Online Conversation to explore music, formation, and beauty which we're pleased to bring you now as a special podcast during this season of Advent.\nThis podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded earlier this month. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Keith Getty here.\n\nAuthors and books mentioned in the conversation:\nSing! How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church, by Keith and Kristen Getty\n\nRelated Trinity Forum Readings:\nBright Evening Star, by Madeleine L'Engle\nWhy God Became Man, by Anselm of Canterbury\nPilgrim at...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LC6b2lFM_r_3xEJCzvD8r7UblHhgtgss5nBJ4X1mqD4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE3OTk3LzE2MTM1/MzUwNjEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}