Monthly Archives: December 2019

Approaching 2020

Ah, it’s that time of year. Approaching 2020 I’m trying to think through what I’ve been doing & what I should focus on next.

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Merry Christmas!

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Church Fathers of Music

When I was at the Good Shepherd Institute this past November, I heard a presenter wonder aloud whether there are people we could consider church fathers of music. I’m really struck by the idea. What do you think?

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Small Talk

I had a random thought. You know how Satan even attacks small talk? How much more might he attack written words? What a scary, humbling thought. 🙁 O, Key of David, open and shut our mouths according to your will. Set a watch upon our mouths, O Lord. Amen.

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Poetry Page update

Wow! I’ve added a lot of Lutheran poets to my Theological Poets page! You should check it out. Now, if only we could get the Concordia Historical Institute to do a project on Lutheran poets . . . 🙂 Plus, below is another O Antiphon bit from Wikipedia. Come, O Root of Jesse!

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Hymns in My Heart

I keep meaning to mention Hymns in My Heart, so here you go. 😉 Meanwhile, I’ll also link to the O Antiphon for the day. 

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O Wisdom!

The days have come for the great O Antiphons! O Wisdom, come!

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Aretta Gordish

Ladies and gentlemen, if you haven’t learned about her yet, I’m happy to introduce you to Lutheran author Aretta Gordish!

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A Little One Amidst the Shadows

A long promised, even-longer-intended review on Rev. Michael McCoy’s A Little One Amidst the Shadows

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Gruff

Here’s a little, and I do mean little, review of a little short story, Gruff, by Lutheran author and western folk story teller, Rachel Kovachiny. And, since I’m behind on writing reviews, I’ll hope to review A Little One Amidst the Shadows tomorrow. 🙂

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