Hymns (30)
  1. They were still praying, trusting, and hoping. Why? Because they knew who was with them and who was for them: the risen Christ.
  2. Three Lenten songs express the same astonishing wonder of a Lord who willingly suffers and dies.
  3. Luther understood that music is an exceptional teaching tool.
  4. Strasbourg’s hymnals are especially relevant to American Lutherans because much of what we experience in our churches comes to us from Strasbourg.
  5. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of these early Lutheran hymns – and their physical availability in hymnals – in the piety of common people living in Lutheran towns and territories.
  6. This hymn is not for people who feel strong, but those who are weak.
  7. Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.
  8. Hymns were a means by which people were brought into direct contact with the Gospel that brought justifying faith. Set to music, they could readily memorize it, take it home with them, and rehearse its messages around the hearth and at work.
  9. Christmas conversations with Kelsi Klembara, Daniel Emery Price, Scott Keith and Blake Flattley.
  10. Is it possible to celebrate Thanksgiving every time we come together as God’s people as well?
  11. Jesus came from the heights of heaven above to the depths of earth below to rescue and redeem his long-lost love.
  12. In a time of unknown, the Flanigans found comfort in the words of the prayer book and made them truly their own.
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