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And it does. That’s what we’re here to do: to repeat the old story, just like the Hebrew children did for fifteen hundred years after that first Passover. I was just reading in Exodus about the institution of that feast, and then happened to read in Luke about Jesus telling the apostles to go and prepare to celebrate it centuries later in the upper room. The old story of God’s deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt bore repeating, and repeating, and repeating. Now, two thousand years after Jesus instituted a new feast of celebration and remembrance for a further deliverance from bondage, we’re still doing it every Sunday all over the world. So, while 26 years of this tour may feel to me like a big deal, it’s really just a drop in the bucket. 

Behold the Lamb of God is an old, old story, and yet every year this story moves me, centers me, realigns my affections. It’s a testament to the power of the Gospel that we can sing it literally thousands of times and still feel a sense of wonder, gratitude, and awe. It bears repeating, and repeating, and repeating—and the plain old truth grows dearer every day.

Thank you for being here, for singing along, for joining with us in this remembrance of Christ’s goodness. 

Merry Christmas,

AP

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THE SHOW

TODD BRAGG
percussion
Todd Bragg is the drummer/percussionist for Crowder, which is why he has a long and magnificent beard. He’s also been the drummer for Caedmon’s Call since the beginning, which is how he and Andrew met in 1997. He’s a husband, father, woodworker, and dear friend of the tour.

ERIK COVENEY
bass
There are many wonderful things about Erik Coveney. He’s played bass for a host of wonderful musicians, not the least of which are The Arcadian Wild and, most recently, the great Sierra Hull. He’s a filmmaker and composer, too. If that weren’t enough, he and his wife are also adventurers, and occasionally climb mountains in the far reaches of the globe. But Andrew believes the most wonderful thing about Erik is the fact that he’s Swedish (at least, he’s about as Swedish as Andrew is. Which is partly.)

ANDY GULLAHORN
vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki
For years, Andy has been our official BTLOG P.E. teacher and activities director. But he’s also one of Nashville's best talents. As a songwriter and performer, Andy has been described as “a surgeon who uses laughing gas to deaden the pain before he cuts you open.” His newest album Winning Streak was released this year. When he’s not writing amazing songs, Andy likes to bowl, play badminton and disc golf, write haikus, and hang out with his wife (Jill Phillips) and three kids. AndyGullahorn.com

BRANDON HAYS
drums
Louisiana-born, Brandon can make a mean jambalaya. When Brandon isn’t being funny, enjoying the glorious thing that is dessert, road managing, or playing drums for Andrew, he can be found managing artists through his company founded with his wife, Kate, called Hear Here Music. He also loves hanging at home with his three kids, Hannah, Ellie and Ben.

CLAIRE NUNN
cello
Claire has been a part of the tour off and on for many years. She’s a wife, mother, and one of the finest cellists in Nashville, who has played with more artists than we have room to list. We’re so glad she’s back this year!

ANDREW OSENGA
guitar
Andrew Osenga has been a part of BTLOG for many years. He co-produced the original record with Ben Shive, and has been a dear friend since the early years of music-making when Andrew (Peterson) spent hours in Andrew (Osenga)’s basement studio in Nashville’s Crieve Hall neighborhood. He just released his first book, How to Remember, a look at the commercialization of the modern church and a suggestion that  ancient hymns, practices, and liturgies can lead the way to a healthier church. He also has a podcast, called The Pivot. His newest records, Hold the Light and Headwaters, are out now. AndrewOsenga.com

ANDREW PETERSON
vocals, guitar, mandolin
Andrew has been married to Jamie for thirty years. His bestselling fantasy series The Wingfeather Saga has been adapted into an animated series, with season three releasing this year on Angel.com. His newest record A Liturgy, A Legacy and the Songs of Rich Mullins (produced by Ben Shive), was released on October 21st. He’s also the founder of the Rabbit Room (www.RabbitRoom.com), a non-profit ministry dedicated to cultivating and curating stories, art, and music to nourish Christ-centered communities for the life of the world. Andrew-Peterson.com

THE BAND

SKYE PETERSON
vocals
Skye Peterson has been writing, recording and touring for the last few years. Skye also released her third full-length album, Fielder, with her bandmate Addison Agen earlier this year. She’s working hard on her next album, Through Line, due for release in early 2026. We’re honored to have her. SkyePetersonMusic.com

JILL PHILLIPS
vocals
Jill Phillips has sung “Labor of Love” every year since 2001, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Beyond that, Jill is a loving wife and mother and somehow manages to release album after album of excellent, thoughtful songs. Her latest album, Deeper Into Love, is her best yet. JillPhillips.com

GABE SCOTT
dobro, banjo, hammered dulcimer, guitar
Gabe has been a crucial member of this tour since its inception in the Year of Our Lord 2000. He’s a songwriter, record producer (including AP’s The Burning Edge of Dawn), and breakfast taco connoisseur of the highest order. On that subject, Gabe owns a breakfast taco restaurant of his very own in Nashville’s 12 South and East Nashville  neighborhoods and Birmingham, AL. It’s called Ladybird Taco, and you’re going to want to put it on your list of Nashville favorites. Ladybirdtaco.com

BEN SHIVE
piano, organ, lap dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, guitar
Ben is a Dove Award-winning producer, songwriter, and session player whose first album, The Ill-Tempered Klavier, was listed as one of Christianity Today’s top ten albums of the year. His second album, The Cymbal Crashing Clouds, released in 2011 and is just as poetic, lush, and moving. In addition to producing eight of Andrew's albums, including the new Rich Mullins live record, he’s produced artists like JJ Heller, Eric Peters, The Gray Havens, Melanie Penn, Colony House, Brandon Heath, and Ellie Holcomb. BenShive.com

THE ARCADIAN WILD
As The Arcadian Wild, bandmates Isaac Horn (guitar), Lincoln Mick (mandolin), and Bailey Warren (violin) confidently inhabit and explore an intersection of genre, blending the traditional with the contemporary in order to create a unique acoustic sound that is simultaneously unified and diverse. With one foot planted firmly in choral and formal vocal music, and the other in progressive folk and bluegrass, the band offers up a song of invitation: calls to come and see, to find refuge and rest, or to journey and wonder. Currently, The Arcadian Wild is touring in support of their newest albums, Welcome and Happy Golden Days.  TheArcadianWild.com

Ryman Show Only -

STRINGS:

Emily Nelson
Bethany Bordeaux
Cara Fox
Elenore Denig
Cassie Shudak

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Sally Loyd Jones
Ron Block
Buddy Greene
Stuart Duncan

A LITURGY TO MARK THE START OF THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON

Liturgy from the book Every Moment Holy, Volume 1. Download PDF here.
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LEADER:
As we prepare our house for the coming Christmas season, we would also prepare our hearts for the returning Christ.

PEOPLE:
You came once for your people, O Lord, and you will come for us again.

Though there was no room at the inn
to receive you upon your first arrival,

We would prepare you room
here in our hearts
and here in our home,
Lord Christ.

As we decorate and celebrate, we do so to mark the memory of your redemptive movement into our broken world, O God.
Our glittering ornaments and 
Christmas trees,
Our festive carols, our sumptuous feasts—
By these small tokens we affirm
that something amazing has happened
in time and space—
that God, on a particular night, 
in a particular place, so many years ago,
was born to us, an infant King, 
our Prince of Peace.

Our wreaths and ribbons and colored lights, our giving of gifts, our parties with friends—these have never been ends in themselves.
They are but small ways in which we repeat that sounding joy first proclaimed by angels in the skies near Bethlehem.
In view of such great tidings of love announced to us, and to all people, how can we not be moved to praise and celebration in this Christmas season?

As we decorate our tree, and as we 
feast and laugh and sing together, 
we are rehearsing our coming joy!
We are making ready to receive the one
who has already, with open arms, received us!
We would prepare you room
here in our hearts
and here in our home,
Lord Christ.

Now we celebrate your first coming,
Immanuel, even as we long for your return.
O Prince of Peace, our elder brother,
return soon. We miss you so!

Amen.

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CREDITS

LIVE SHOW AND TOUR:
Executive Producer: Christie Bragg
Produced by Bragg Management
Tour Manager: Brandon Hays
Road Manager: Ken Leggett
Production Manager: Harold Rubens
Monitors: Quinn Redmond
Assistant Tech: Brianna Rubens
Lighting: Dayne DeHaven
Video: John Taylor
Merch Manager: Chris Warfield

LIVESTREAM PRODUCTION:
Jonathan Lindsay
Joel Cosand
Ben Martin
Andrew Adams
Mark Jarsen
Paul Mojonnier
Nic Dugger
Livestream Experience, Program Creative Director and Web Design:  Mary Eveleen Brown

SPECIAL THANKS

Christie Bragg, Bragg Management, Kate Hays, Audrey Griffith, Sophie Byard, Mary Eveleen Brown, Ryan Elizabeth Fluke, International Justice Mission, Kyser Musical, Second Half Stewardship, Angel Studios, ShowIt, Centricity Music, 25 Artist Agency, Pete Peterson, Stephen Crotts