LiturgyGram: A Little About Lent
Definition Lent is the forty-day season (excluding Sundays) of penitence and preparation for the Three Days of Holy Week and Easter. A Very Brief History The term “Lent” originally comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “lencten” which means “spring.” This is...
Ten Reasons Every Church Musician Should Attend the ALCM Conference
Today’s post is from Luke Tegtmeier, 2017 ALCM Planning Committee Member. The Association of Lutheran Church Musicians is having its biennial national gathering in Minneapolis this summer, July 10-13. If you lead worship in any way – as an...
Myth Makes Faith Real
Today’s post is from The Rev. Brian Hooper, M.Div., Psy.D., a licensed pastoral psychotherapist serving in private practice and in parish ministry in Nashville, TN. His website is www.drbrianhooper.com Myths are truth and wisdom Most people think of myths...
Journey in the Wilderness
Today’s blog post is from Brian Wentzel, Director of Music at First Lutheran Church in Lorain, OH. As we begin the forty days of Lent, we remember Jesus’ forty years in the wilderness as well as the Israelites’ forty years...
A Visual Experience of Ash Wednesday
Today’s blog post is from Robyn Sand Anderson, an artist in Redwood Falls, MN. One evening, when my husband Jon was a young seminarian back in 1981, he encouraged me to be an artist, to pursue that path. (That was before...
Upcoming Classes for Musicians through LPM
Today’s post is from Tim Getz, Director of Music Ministry at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto, California. Being a good musician on any instrument, in any style of music, requires years of concentration and practice. Highly skilled musicians often...