Devotions Based on Psalms: Psalm 51
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Monday, June 1st By Conrad Navarro For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David committed adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.…
Sermon on the Mount: Ask, and it will given; search and you will find
Tuesday, April 14th Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for…
Wired to Love Music
The Week of Joy At the birth of your Son, you whisper to our hearts, Father, as you fill us with the joy of our salvation. We thank you. Amen Weekly Advent Prayers by Betty Claire Jackson By Patty Villarreal Psalm 98:4-9 “Tell everyone on this earth to sing happy songs in praise of the…
Joyful Sounds
By Jerome Malek Psalm 98:4-9 “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.” Psalm 98:4 From the beginning of time God’s creation has manifested the glory of God. The mystery and splendor of the universe cries out in joyful sounds and majestic beauty testifying to…
Christmas Concert Offering
The offering this evening will support the work of Francis and Missy Angalla with Restoring Voices Ministry in Kampala, Uganda. The purpose of Restoring Voices is to nurture and develop musical and artistic abilities in refugees in Uganda, so they experience God’s restorative hope and grow into their full potential. Restoring Voices Ministry is a…
Music in Our Hearts
By Bob Morrison Psalm 98:4-9 Who can really sing? Well, at first thought, I was not the best choice for this scripture or so I thought. That rascally Randy Edwards picked me for this verse knowing it was a challenge for me. But even with my untrained screeching, I know a good voice when I…
Anxious Rest Broken By Harmonic Hope
By Garrett Vickrey Isaiah 40:1-5 If you were to put the book of Isaiah to a musical score there would be a whole rest between chapters 39 and 40. If this sacred book were a piece of music. There would be a gaping silence as the work moved between these chapters. The lament of the…
Peace
By Randy Edwards Luke 2:11-14 Hear the ancient text, which is the basis of one of the Sanctuary Choir’s favorite Advent anthems, composed by Douglas Wagner: Thou Shalt Know Him Anonymous Thou shalt know Him when he comes, Not by any din of drums, Nor His manners, nor His airs, Nor by anything He wears. Thou…