While I am a deeply spiritual man, I'm not a very religious one. Of course, my research, involvement and practice of several religions came (over a span of 3 decades) well before my current choice, so I have done more than my fair share of due diligence...it is a well-informed choice, in my humble opinion. I find no argument with faithful people who embrace religions or those who choose otherwise, as long as their intentions are good. There are many routes to virtue. Some venture towards virtue with the need to have a spiritual guide. Others can realize the value of morality, ethics and virtue through logic and reason - without necessitating spiritual guidance. Conversely, there are also many excuses and ways to abuse what is beautiful and good for evil intent. Some also do this with religion, through poor intent - as well as with Atheism, using it as a platform to spread hatred towards those who believe differently (oddly enough, a lot like religious folks with evil intent do - there isn't much difference between them, to be honest). I think this just about covers all people... That being said and, as many people who know me well might agree, I am not beyond mentioning or otherwise showing my enjoyment of things I encounter which are religiously affiliated or even those which are non-religious (scientific, for instance). In this case, it is something very religious...that I must give great credit to. It is a song performed by one of my current favorite groups off their recently released Christmas Album. I found the track/video stunning because of the incredible talent of the group, even though it is a cover tune (they are more widely known for covers). It's been covered by a lot of other artists over the years, but not this well, I feel. The lyrics were written by Mark Lowry in 1984, and the music was written by Buddy Greene in 1991. I give great credit to Lowry for his profound creativity. It is a song about Jesus/God, but it is being sung to Mary (Magdalene). It's really the first time I've seen this type of approach to a song and it had an impressive impact. Then again, I tend to over-analyze everything in the blink of an eye. A blessing and a curse, I suppose. :P Anyway, enough of the 'psychobabble'... 'Merry Christmas' to everyone and...I hope you can enjoy this song as much as I did, whether or not you are a believer. Pentatonix rulez...there is no question about that! ^_^

While I am a deeply spiritual man, I'm not a very religious one. Of course, my research, involvement and practice of several religions came (over a span of 3 decades) well before my current choice, so I have done more than my fair share of due diligence...it is a well-informed choice, in my humble opinion. I find no argument with faithful people who embrace religions or those who choose otherwise, as long as their intentions are good. There are many routes to virtue. Some venture towards virtue with the need to have a spiritual guide. Others can realize the value of morality, ethics and virtue through logic and reason - without necessitating spiritual guidance. Conversely, there are also many excuses and ways to abuse what is beautiful and good for evil intent. Some also do this with religion, through poor intent - as well as with Atheism, using it as a platform to spread hatred towards those who believe differently (oddly enough, a lot like religious folks with evil intent do - there isn't much difference between them, to be honest). I think this just about covers all people... That being said and, as many people who know me well might agree, I am not beyond mentioning or otherwise showing my enjoyment of things I encounter which are religiously affiliated or even those which are non-religious (scientific, for instance). In this case, it is something very religious...that I must give great credit to. It is a song performed by one of my current favorite groups off their recently released Christmas Album. I found the track/video stunning because of the incredible talent of the group, even though it is a cover tune (they are more widely known for covers). It's been covered by a lot of other artists over the years, but not this well, I feel. The lyrics were written by Mark Lowry in 1984, and the music was written by Buddy Greene in 1991. I give great credit to Lowry for his profound creativity. It is a song about Jesus/God, but it is being sung to Mary (Magdalene). It's really the first time I've seen this type of approach to a song and it had an impressive impact. Then again, I tend to over-analyze everything in the blink of an eye. A blessing and a curse, I suppose. :P Anyway, enough of the 'psychobabble'... 'Merry Christmas' to everyone and...I hope you can enjoy this song as much as I did, whether or not you are a believer. Pentatonix rulez...there is no question about that! ^_^ - GET PENTATONIX THE ALBUM NOW! | ITUNES http://ift.tt/1PQ1pkR | AMAZON http://ift.tt/1KPgV0N | SPOTIFY http://ift.tt/1k47OOY...