Hymn Feature: “Rise, Shine, You People!”
ELW 665 — “Rise, Shine, You People!” — ᴡᴏᴊᴛᴋɪᴇᴡɪᴇᴄᴢ Selecting suitable hymns for a Reformation Day service seems like a straightforward task, right? A simple Google search tells us that Martin Luther himself wrote over 35 hymns. Surely one or two of these should be worth singing, especially for those who brand themselves Lutheran. In fact, […]
Hymn Feature: “Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spake”
ELW 799 – “Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spake” – MACHS MIT MIR, GOTT Previous hymn studies as part of this blog seemed to form something of a series, beginning with a hymn of Christmas and later, a hymn of Easter — both major festivals in the life of the Church. This post is shared […]
The hymns of Easter
“Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds” — LASST UNS ERFREUEN The last time this blog featured a hymn study, we spent time thinking about the hymns of Christmas, and more specifically, the well-known carol “Silent Night.” Lest you think that — like certain parishioners — musicians only appear in worship (or on this blog) […]
The hymns of Christmas
Though I have had the privilege of providing classroom instruction at various times for Luther House of Study, this is my first time writing as part of this blog, and thus, a word of introduction is probably in order. My name is Zachary Brockhoff, and I serve as Director of Music and organist at First […]