Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Happy 60th Birthday Mama! :)
Over the past few years my Mom has come to really love the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. So much so that several times, when she has visited the rest of our family in New York City, she makes the trek (and it is a trek) to Brooklyn to attend services there. Not only is the choir amazing but the Pastor, Jim Cymbala, preaches the Word of God straight up and my Mom gets fed good at that church!
One of the amazing things about this choir is their director, Carol Cymbala. Yes, she's Jim's wife and the daughter of the church founder. She's also untrained and the choir is untrained. And yet, listen to them! Do they sound untrained to you?!? For the complete story about the choir click here. It's really quite amazing.
To hear the choir and to hear Pastor Jim bring the Word of God alive...I'd make the trek to Brooklyn each Sunday if I lived anywhere in NYC!

He's Been Faithful
Worthy Is The Lamb
Amazing Grace

Comments

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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