LSB 334: O, Lord, How Shall I Meet You
NOTE: The following blog post was previously published on 11/30/08, but it is timely given that Advent is fast approaching and your congregation may be singing LSB 334 this coming Sunday. Some of you may have already discovered this, but I’ll pass it along for those that don’t know. The stanza numbering for O, Lord, [...]
LSB Lectionary Summaries
The beginning of the new Church Year is quickly upon us. In preparation for this, the LCMS Commission on Worship appears to be initiating a weekly series of lectionary summaries on both the one-year and three-year LSB lectionaries for use in the parish. Take a look. These Lectionary Summaries are designed to be included in [...]
Soaked, Scrubbed, & Washed in Christ’s Blood
When your pastor says “Amen” at the close of his sermon, are you soaked in Christ’s blood? Rev. Steven Cholak wrote a blog post for Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary in April 2008 about pastors soaking their flock with Christ’s blood as they preach Christ and the forgiveness of sins. It is a short essay I reread [...]
Singing With All the Saints
During the Divine Service you probably hear your pastor say or chant these words: “Therefore with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising you and saying . . . “ Have the import of those words sunk in? What follows, the Sanctus, is not [...]
Kantor’s Reading List- Circ de Soleil -- From Church to Circus Pastor Peters
- Can We Still Call Ourselves the Church of J. S. Bach? Pastor Peters
- Pastoral Care Done by the Laity; Lay Work Done by the Pastor Pastor Peters
- Your Church May Not Be a Church If . . . Paul T. McCain
- What Makes Lutheran Worship Lutheran? Stephen R. Johnson
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