How Lutheran Hymns Lost Their Monopoly in the Missouri Synod
An opinion piece by Paul Raabe on what happened to traditional hymns in American Christianity
“This Joyful Eastertide”
A Concordia Seminary, St. Louis choir, led by James Marriott, sings the classic Easter hymn
“Were You There”
The Concordia Seminary choir Laudamus sings the timeless spiritual
“My Song is Love Unknown”
A Concordia Seminary choir sings the beloved hymn
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
A Concordia Seminary choir sings the classic Passion hymn
“Adoramus Te, Christe”
The choir Laudamus sings the chant often sung on Good Friday
“Christ, the Life of All the Living”
A Concordia Seminary choir sings the classic Lenten hymn
In Memoriam: Carl Schalk (1929–2021)
James Brauer remembers the life of one of the church’s great composers
“Life in the Key of God”
Heather Choate Davis talks about her journey into the beauty and grace of making music
Music in Our Devotional Life
Jim Marriott and Dale Meyer talk about how to use hymns and songs in our devotional practices
Two Advent Hymns
James Marriott plays organ overtures to “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates.”
The Music of Advent
Jim Marriott dives into the rich hymnody of Advent
More Bach from the Organ Bench
David Maxwell reflects on – and plays – the Bach hymn “Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now.”
J. S. Bach on the Holy Spirit
How Bach transforms, as only Bach can, an ancient hymn to the Holy Spirit
Proper 24 • Luke 18:1–8 • October 16, 2016
By Kent Burreson The Persistent Church and the Long-suffering Lord O Spirit, who didst once restore Thy Church that it might be again The bringer of good news to men, Breathe on Thy cloven Church once more, That in these gray and latter days There may be those whose life is praise, Each life a ..
Luther’s Hymn Melodies
Concordia Seminary Professor Emeritus James Brauer provides a comprehensive study of how Luther used tunes in Reformation hymnody