MUSIC: Escaping The Hubris Of The Present Moment by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer How easily we are tempted to think that our present generation is superior to the generations that have preceded us. We learn about cruel practices of the past and judge them as...
View ArticleMUSIC: The Perfect Registration by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer I have always enjoyed hearing organists search for the perfect registration when they sit down to practice a piece of music. Sometimes I am playing my flute with them; other...
View ArticleMUSIC: Music For Facing Temptation And Wild Beasts by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer I have always liked the conciseness of the Gospel according to Saint Mark. While other gospel writers expand and elaborate on a story, Mark’s version is often as succinct as...
View ArticleMUSIC: Season Of Lament by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer At the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, I used to team-teach with Patrick Evens a course on congregational song as a resource for preaching and worship. The course began with a...
View ArticleMUSIC: Unacknowledged Healing by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer I once read a brief article that featured a photograph and explanation of “clinicorgans.” These were small, portable pipe organs that were “particularly valuable in orthopedic...
View ArticleMUSIC: Plain And Simple, Rich And Complex by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer I remember preaching at a week-long series of services that were part of a conference on worship and music. We were fortunate to have an excellent organist, who not only gave...
View ArticleMUSIC: A Gigue For Everyone To Dance by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer One summer I visited a reformed church in the small rural town of Gasselte, located in the northern Netherlands. A few months earlier the congregation had celebrated its four...
View ArticleMUSIC: Waiting As Blessing by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer When I was a child, my least favorite season was Advent, the season before Christmas. Why? Because Advent means waiting, and if there is anything that most children cannot do...
View ArticleMUSIC: Rehearsing For An Epiphany by Thomas H. Troeger
From: Music As Prayer Advent and Christmas: ‘Tis the season of extra rehearsals, the season of getting ready for special concerts and services. When you are a church musician hauling music stands into...
View ArticleHYMN: Loving Shepherd Of Thy Sheep by Jane Elizabeth Leeson
1 Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep, Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep; Nothing can Thy power withstand; None can pluck me from Thy hand. 2 Loving Savior, Thou didst give Thine own life that we might live; And...
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