Thursday, December 2, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
An ice image from the writings of Martin Luther
I am reading From Luther's Epistle Sermons. The text is 1 Peter, chapter one, v. 13-16. The familiar text has St. Peter exhorting the Christian reader to prepare for living the life of faith. "Gird up" are the familiar words.
Luther advises his congregation to prepare for hardship in the faith but he also urges his people not to go crazy about it as some have done. He compares such a person to an ass, a common sort of rhetorical device, I suppose, to engage his audience.
The ridiculous ass in his analogy can become "obstinate and, going on the ice, break a bone."
The point is for a person to maintain self-control and internal discipline.
Since we are iced in in Minnesota I thought that this old German folk image was hilarious. I wonder if there are other examples of an obstinate ass breaking a leg bone in German folk literature.
Luther advises his congregation to prepare for hardship in the faith but he also urges his people not to go crazy about it as some have done. He compares such a person to an ass, a common sort of rhetorical device, I suppose, to engage his audience.
The ridiculous ass in his analogy can become "obstinate and, going on the ice, break a bone."
The point is for a person to maintain self-control and internal discipline.
Since we are iced in in Minnesota I thought that this old German folk image was hilarious. I wonder if there are other examples of an obstinate ass breaking a leg bone in German folk literature.
Iced In on the Last Sunday of the Church Year
Extreme ice in Minnesota is rare but we are stranded. The advice from the TV is 'No Travel' so we are complying with that advice.
I am using my iPad this morning. I have added some interesting things from the iStore in recent weeks.
From The Wittenberg Project I have added several volumes of Luther's Works. These are free. I have : On Christian Liberty, Treatise on Good Works, a volume of Epistle Sermons, and the 95 Theses. The Concordia Triglotta is also available at no charge.
My Lectionary is the very reasonably priced Lectionary for iPad.
To keep an open and balanced mind, I have also bought 'God Is Not Great' by Christopher Hitchins. One need not fear sliding into atheism by reading this author. Don't be deceived by book titles.
I am using my iPad this morning. I have added some interesting things from the iStore in recent weeks.
From The Wittenberg Project I have added several volumes of Luther's Works. These are free. I have : On Christian Liberty, Treatise on Good Works, a volume of Epistle Sermons, and the 95 Theses. The Concordia Triglotta is also available at no charge.
My Lectionary is the very reasonably priced Lectionary for iPad.
To keep an open and balanced mind, I have also bought 'God Is Not Great' by Christopher Hitchins. One need not fear sliding into atheism by reading this author. Don't be deceived by book titles.
Friday, November 19, 2010
still more Buxtehude
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken
Cantata BuxWV 4
1. Sonata
2. Alles, was ihr tut (Coro)
3. Sonata
4. Dir, o Höchster, dir alleine (Aria)
5. Habe deine Lust (Basso)
6. Gott will ich lassen raten (Coro)
Andreas Wolf, bass
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto
Collegium Cartusianum
Kölner Kammerchor
Peter Neumann, conductor
Recorded at Auditorium Eisenach, Nantes, 2009
Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken
Cantata BuxWV 4
1. Sonata
2. Alles, was ihr tut (Coro)
3. Sonata
4. Dir, o Höchster, dir alleine (Aria)
5. Habe deine Lust (Basso)
6. Gott will ich lassen raten (Coro)
Andreas Wolf, bass
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto
Collegium Cartusianum
Kölner Kammerchor
Peter Neumann, conductor
Recorded at Auditorium Eisenach, Nantes, 2009
Buxtehude does 'Wachet Auf'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE6qAHcCwRo
Embedding is not allowed but try this link. It's a pretty exciting piece of music. I did not know that Buxtehude had done 'Wachet Auf.'
Embedding is not allowed but try this link. It's a pretty exciting piece of music. I did not know that Buxtehude had done 'Wachet Auf.'
It's That Time of the Church Year - Wachet Auf
Bach - Cantata BWV 140 - Choir -Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme.
Conductor Karl richter.
Interpretation - Munich Bach Choir,munich bach orchestra.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
On the burning bush
The text for Pastor's Sunday sermon was Luke 20:27-38. It was the trick-question, Jesus-baiting sequence about all of those people who were married to each other. Whose wife would this woman be when all seven of her husbands were dead?
The answer was, of course, that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
The text contains a reference to Abraham and the near-sacrifice of his son Isaac. "But in the account of the burning bush...."
This reminded me that I have a book in my personal library on the subject of Abraham that I should read. The cite is: Delaney, Carol. "Abraham On Trial The Social Legacy of Biblical Myth," Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. 313 pp
This Biblical event is a major consideration for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. How do these religious expressions deal with this matter?
The answer was, of course, that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
The text contains a reference to Abraham and the near-sacrifice of his son Isaac. "But in the account of the burning bush...."
This reminded me that I have a book in my personal library on the subject of Abraham that I should read. The cite is: Delaney, Carol. "Abraham On Trial The Social Legacy of Biblical Myth," Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. 313 pp
This Biblical event is a major consideration for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. How do these religious expressions deal with this matter?
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