Faith and Spirituality – Page 33 – watercress words by Dr Aletha

updated November 13, 2025

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As the title suggests, the post was about creativity. A definition of creativity is

The ability to produce or develop original work, theories, techniques, or thoughts. A creative individual typically displays originality, imagination, and expressiveness.

Analyses have failed to ascertain why one individual is more creative than another, but creativity does appear to be a very durable trait.

Adapted from the APA Dictionary of Psychology

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Luke 2, NIV

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another,

“Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

figures in a nativity scene with a bright start in the sky

The origins of Handel’s Messiah

We usually associate Messiah with Christmas, but Handel composed it to be performed at Easter.

The London Symphony Orchestra presents Handel's Messiah

“Handel got the lyrics from a preacher named Charles Jennens, who wrote out the whole piece as a collage of Bible verses designed to tell a story about the Messiah.

In some cases Jennens copied verses from the King James Version of the Bible directly, and in other cases he abridged or modified the wording of the Bible verses somewhat to fit into something that could be set to music and sung.

He also decided to change the “point of view” in a couple of places. Rather than quoting Jesus’ words about himself directly, for instance, he made a few changes so that the singers are singing about Jesus rather than portraying the role of Jesus.”

quoted from wheatwilliams.com

These Bible verses, attributed to the physician Luke are sung in Part 1 of Messiah.