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And here is one more beautiful Christmas carol that my beautiful wife Ingrid has written. She also composed the music for it, but I had to tweak her melody a bit when I arranged it. The song is in a minor key and has a kind of Celtic lilt to it, I think. My recording can be found here on our SoundCloud stream, and yes, it would have sounded a lot better if a young woman had sung it instead of an old dude like myself ;-) Come And See Song ©2016 by Ingrid Tulloch Come and see that the Lord is good, come behold his face. Bend your knee to him, Christ the King, come behold his face. Jesus Christ, our living Lord, we behold your face. Jesus Christ, our living Lord, we behold your face. He will suffer and die for us: Come behold his face. Jesus, Savior, Emmanuel: Come behold his face. Jesus Christ, our living Lord, we behold your face. Jesus Christ, our living Lord, we behold your face. Alleluia, alleluia, we behold your face. Alleluia, alleluia, we behold your face. Merry Christmas to all from Mitch and Ingrid :-)

Here is another of Ingrid's wonderful Christmas carols. This one was inspired by the Germanic "Christkind" and celebrates the birth and coming kingdom of our Lord Jesus. The words go like this: Christ Child Holy ©2014 by Ingrid Tulloch Christ Child holy, Christ child pure, Christ the Son of God we adore. Born in a stable, born of a virgin, Born to reign and rule forevermore. Alleluia, alleluia, Immanuel we adore you! Alleluia, alleluia, Immanuel we adore you! You are holy, You are pure, You are the Son of God we adore. You were born to us, died and rose for us, You will reign and rule forevermore. Alleluia, alleluia, Immanuel we adore you! Alleluia, alleluia, Immanuel we adore you! You can listen to this song on SoundCloud . Once again, my guitar playing and singing aren't very good. Maybe I should just stick to playing keyboard? More info here . P.S. We tried translating her song into German but somehow we just couldn't seem to get the words to flow well. Contact us if you'd like to help us improve our translation. Thanks! Merry Christmas to one and all, great and small :-) —Mitch

Since it's just a few days until Christmas arrives, I thought it might be considered appropriate if I shamelessly plugged Ingrid's Christmas carols here on our website :-) Ingrid has written several beautiful Christmas carols which I've helped arrange to music and have recorded on SoundCloud. One of her earliest ones is actually an advent carol that celebrates how the angel announced God's favor to Mary and highlights how God shows similar favor towards us, His children. The full story behind how this carol came to be written can be found in chapter 4 of our book Simple Kingdom: Worship which you can read online or download as a free PDF. Here are the words to Ingrid's song: Favored By God ©2014 by Ingrid Tulloch Washed in his blood, changed by his Spirit, Cleansed thru his Word, we are favored by God. Filled with his love, sharing his mercy, Sent in his name, we are favored by God. Not for what we have done, but for what he has done for us, In the gift of his Son we are favored by God. Not for what we have done, but for what he has done for us, In the gift of his Son we are favored by God. My recording of the song on SoundCloud isn't very good. If you listen to it you'll notice that my guitar playing sucks and my voice wavers and gets creaky on the high notes. But hopefully you can still get a feel for the heart behind her song. Merry Christmas everybody! —Mitch

When my friend Martin Buehlmann handed over the leadership of the Vineyard churches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to his son Marius, he urged Marius to remember three priorities that God had laid on his heart for the Vineyard: the Father's love for us, allowing freedom to the Holy Spirit, and Equipping the Saints as Wimber taught us. The Father's love has also been instrumental in my own Christian life and ministry, and I thought it might be helpful for some of you if I were to write a series of short posts on this important topic. Much has been written in recent years about the need, especially for men in our fatherless generation, to experience the love of God the Father. The subject of the Fatherhood of God has also been dealt with in books and videos from both theological and pastoral perspectives. My approach however is going to be different. Instead of presenting you with theology and practical advice, I'm simply going to share some stories about how I have *personally experienced* God as my Father and what impact these experiences have had on my life as a Christian. My stories will not be in any particular order — I'm not writing biography here, or an instruction manual like "Seven Steps to Experiencing God's Love." Instead they will simply be glimpses of key breakthroughs — and setbacks — in my lifelong journey of getting to know God as Father and experiencing the depths —and sometimes limitations — of his love for me, his child through Christ. My hope is that one or two of my stories will bring a new awareness of how you can experience the Father's love. And my prayer for those of you reading this — and especially for men — is that the Father will father you the way he has fathered me. I'll begin my series of posts shortly after Christmas. Ingrid will also be sharing some thoughts on this subject. In the meantime, be blessed and filled with the Father's love for you. —Mitch