Nice organ prelude

Who owns church history?

The interpretation of events is one of the fascinating parts of historical study.    Who owns history?  Who is entitled to tell the story of a particular event or era?

A thoughtful reader of this blog has sent me a link to a discussion of the history of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in the Preus-Tietjen years.    This topic generates intense energy among people who follow this subject.

Follow the link:  http://daystarnet.org/Burkee%20on%20the%20LCMS.pdf

'The Unchanging Forms of the Gospel'

Scott Diekmann is one of the best bloggers around.  I was privileged to meet him in Bloomington a few weeks ago.  Follow the link to a review of a new book by Holger Sonntag.

http://stand-firm.blogspot.com/

Mt. Olive Lutheran School, Des Moines - 50 year celebration

This Spring I've been on a tour of Lutheranism.  This weekend I visited our Des Moines IA church for a 50th anniversary of the school which our sons had attended in the 80s.

It was a great experience to see old friends again and to know that Mt. Olive proclaims the Word to the community.

The guest preacher was Kurt Taylor a 1980 school graduate.  Pastor Taylor is at St. John's Lutheran in New Boston MI.  He had a terrific sermon.  His theme was that the mission of the church is to bring them in and build them up.

Afterwards a banquet was held at a nearby Ramada Inn.  On the way to my car in the parking lot I found a group of earnest Mt. Olive scholars.  At Mt. Olive School learning is not restricted  to the classroom.   These science students were making detailed observations on the contents of a robin's nest which had fallen to the ground from an overhanging tree branch.

I thank God for Mt. Olive Lutheran Church and School in Des Moines IA.

Brade - #3

Brade #2

Music of William Brade - #1

music of Samuel Scheidt

Hammerschmidt motet

'Thou Whose Almighty Word'

Intrepid Lutherans in the WELS

I will be following this new Lutheran blog prepared by Wisconsin Synod people.

http://www.intrepidlutherans.com/

How about some Wagner on a Memorial Day morning?

Cool Bach

How about some Elgar?

Brother Dave resting after angioplasty

I think that  some of the readers of this blog may know my oldest brother, Dave Teigen.  Dave underwent angioplasty surgery this afternoon and is recovering nicely.  He began to suffer a heart attack yesterday afternoon but was promptly treated in the initial stages.  He was first driven to St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd and then evacuated by helicopter to Abbott in Minneapolis

It has been a challenging ordeal for all of us.  We are all grateful for the prayers of the  friends of the Teigen family and the skill of the medical practitioners.  Thanks be to God for his healing mercy.

I've never heard of Claudio Merulo before

How about some Frescobaldi?

Some very old music played on a very old pipe organ

more music of Vincent Luebeck

The excommunication of a nun

Nicholas Kristof writes a disturbing account of a nun who has been excommunicated. Mr. Kristof says:  When a hierarchy of mostly aging men pounce on and excommunicate a revered nun who was merely trying to save a mother’s life, the church seems to me almost as out of touch as it was in the cruel and debauched days of the Borgias in the Renaissance.

Follow the link   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/opinion/27kristof.html?ref=opinion