Worship leaders are often in a vexing bind when it comes to Christmas. On one hand, with only four Sundays between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it is a tall order for them to introduce brand new Christmas worship songs within such brevity of time. This is because once when the congregation starts getting familiar with these new worship paeans, the season is already over. On the other hand, it becomes such a bore if worship pastors churn in perennial carols such as """"Silent Night"""" and """"Joy to the World"""" year in and year out. Being a veteran worship leader for decades, Paul Baloche's latest """"Christmas Worship"""" has the panacea such a dilemma. In his acclimated wisdom, Baloche tackles this issue in a couple of ways: first, instead of overwhelming congregants with brand new songs within such a short time span, Baloche has taken some of the more familiar worship songs and tailored the words and melodies to accommodate Christmas. \\r\\n \\r\\nMost of us who have bought Darlene Zschech's recent """"Revealing Jesus"""" CD or have been in churches long enough would be familiar with Baloche's signature hit """"Your Name. """" Instead of constructing a new Christmas song from scratch, Baloche has transformed """"Your Name"""" into a Christmas piece with a newly composed first verse that speaks of Christ incarnation and a coda towards the end with worshipful lines that exalt Jesus our Emmanuel. Baloche gives the same treatment to the title track of his 2003 album…
