#i heard the bells

[gacmediadaily]

[solivar]

Repost: I Heard the Bells

It's Christmas Eve and the former members of Overwatch celebrate as only they can: with unexpected gifts from lonely exiles, assassination attempts, and world-hopping heroics.

[musingsofmemory]

“I heard the bells on Christmas day

Their old familiar carols play;

In music sweet the words repeat,

‘There’s peace on earth, good will to men.’

I thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along th’ unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good will to men.

And in despair, I bowed my head:

‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said,

‘For hate is strong, and mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good will to men.’

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

‘God is not dead, nor does He sleep,

For Christ is here; His Spirit near

Brings peace on earth, good will to men.’

When men repent and turn from sin

The Prince of Peace then enters in,

And grace imparts within their hearts

His peace on earth, good will to men.

O souls amid earth’s busy strife,

The Word of God is light and life;

Oh, hear His voice, make Him your choice,

Hail peace on earth, good will to men.

Then happy, singing on your way,

Your world will change from night to day;

Your heart will feel the message real,

Of peace on earth, good will to men.”

-I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[featherlesswings]

It’s so creepy to me, from a deconstructed perspective, to see the evangelical propaganda farm turn one of my favorite poets’ extremely tragic life into a cringey moral lesson movie to try to guilt people with grief and/or depression into converting. The trailer has such a “depression is warfare against faith” vibe to it. The man lost so much, and sure he probably did regain his faith in a much more scaled down way than they portray in the movie. But he was a real human, who had real tragedies occur all around him, and rather than telling his story in a “human life is hard,” way, they turned it into a marketing scheme. Like, “see how you relate to him? You’re probably going through a lot right now too, huh? Know what would fix all your problems? This famously emotionally abusive religion that tells you all your problems are your fault, and you have to beg forgiveness and hope a supposedly benevolent deity will make things better for you at some point. Doesn’t that sound better than therapy, treatment, medication, and other such yucky things? Oh, and hand over 10 percent of your earnings for the rest of your life too.”

I hate it here.

[autisticabbey]

Elf Christmas movie classic and I Heard The Bells

[frontporchjunkie]

The Christmas movies to Great American pure flix to stream this month

[thegayhimbo]

With the end of the ceasefire in Gaza right now, as well as the rise in antisemitism, islamophobia, and bigotry that's everywhere these days, this particular verse from "I heard the Bells" hits hard for me:

And in despair I bowed my head

"There is no peace on Earth," I said

For hate is strong and mocks the song

Of peace on Earth, good will to men.

[tctmp]

I Heard the Bells: Directed by Joshua Enck. With Stephen Atherholt, Jonathan Blair, Rachel Day Hughes, Zach Meeker. The inspiring story behind the writing of the beloved Christmas carol and its author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

[theologyforthelayman]

I Heard The Bells To Be Released

LANCASTER, PA., Nov. 7, 2023 – Following nearly five decades of producing spectacular, faith-based entertainment experiences live on stage, Sight & Sound partners with Pinnacle Peak Pictures and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to release their debut feature film, I HEARD THE BELLS, for the first time on Digital and DVD on November 14, 2023. The release will contain bonus features delving…

[erhu-american-style]

Merry Christmas Everyone!

[gacmediadaily]

[solivar]

It's Christmas Eve and the former members of Overwatch celebrate as only they can: with unexpected gifts from lonely exiles, assassination attempts, and world-hopping heroics.

[airasilver]

I like to see this now.

[ittybittyremy]

I'm sorry but some of you really overestimate how pro-god Orym is

[autisticabbey]

Today I went to the movies to go see two Christmas movie, Elf, Christmas movie classic, and I Heard The Bells, and they’re both really good, after I ate Outback for lunch to celebrate Kenneth Branagh’s birthday while I wore my Moon vintage heels

[heycallmeplease]

I love you, so much and so truly darling, I love looking at you, I love whispering all my secrets to you, I love kissing you good night, I love letting you know how much I do, I do, I do, baby I love you, can't you see ?

@skyrigel