Posted in Church History, Hymns, Lutheran Resources, Lutheranism, Modern Christianity, Worship, tagged go my children with my blessing, jaroslav vajda, lutheran hymnody, now the silence, where shepherds lately knelt on 4 June 2008 | No Comments »
Now the silence
Now the peace
Now the empty hands uplifted
Now the kneeling
Now the plea
Now the Father’s arms in welcome…
- Now the Silence by Jaroslav Vajda
Although this news is a bit late, I wanted to share it with those of you who had not heard.
On 10 May 2008, Rev. Jaroslav Vajda departed this veil of tears [...]
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Posted in Church History, Devotional Thoughts, Hymns, Luther Resources, Pastoral Resources, Worship, tagged call day, come holy ghost creator blest, holy spirit, komm gott schopfer, ordination, pentecost, streams, trinity, trinity sunday, veni creator spiritus, wels on 21 May 2008 | No Comments »
Veni, Creator Spiritus, mentes tuorum visita,
Imple superna gratia quae tu creasti, pectora.
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, and make our hearts your place of rest;
Come with your grace and heav’nly aid, and fill the hearts which you have made.
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As our Pentecost and Trinity celebrations come to a close, I am reminded of one of my favorite [...]
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While going through some old Seminary files recently, I came across the hymn below that I wrote for our graduation. It was my first and only attempt at hymn writing. I wrote it as a prayer for our class as the Lord scattered us across the country to serve him as under-shepherds of his flocks.
I [...]
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Posted in Church History, Hymns, Lutheran Confessions, Lutheran Resources, Lutheranism, Modern Christianity, Pastoral Resources, tagged augsburg confession, come holy ghost, holy spirit, j.p. meyer, means of grace, ministry methods on 12 May 2008 | No Comments »
While preparing for our continuing Bible study on the Augsburg Confession this past Sunday, I came across a fascinating little comment by Prof. John P. Meyer on Article V. As you may recall, Article V states:
That we may obtain this faith, the Ministry of Teaching the Gospel and administering the Sacraments was instituted. For through [...]
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“Which hymns will we sing for worship?”
One of the most common challenges for those who plan worship is deciding which hymns the congregation will sing. Often the worship planner is left wrestling between hymns “thick” in lyrical weight and theological content and songs that are quite “thin” lyrically and theologically. Sometimes the hymns are lyrically [...]
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