Translation
Text from Psalm 51. On Spotify, my favorite rendition of Gregorio Allegri's mid-1600s (pub. 1771, alt. 1880s) setting is The Tallis Scholars, but on Youtube it's the Clare College performance that by the looks of the hairstyles and video quality is from the late 1900s (though
Translation
Text from the Latin translation of the Nicene Creed as approved by the Council of Trent 1546. A standard in choral repertoire is the 8-part setting from the Credo (Creed) from the Missa Sancti Christophori (Mass of St. Christopher) by Antonio Lotti, early 1700s. So that you may follow along
Translation
The Polish recording featuring Stefania Woytowicz is still the best rendition of Henryk Górecki's Symfonia pieśni żałosnych (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), Symphony No. 3, Opus 36, 1976. Here is the 2nd movement, Lento e largo tranquillissimo based on the text by Helena Wanda Błażusiakówna, age 18, who scratched
an outward sign of an inward reality
Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent which lasts 46 days leading up to the celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. In biblical times, ashes — the result of humans burning something — were used as a cultural sign of: • distress in the wake of traumatic stress — “Tamar
Biblical Anthropology
When we talk smack about each other, are we doing it for God? . . . Will vitriol be a convincing apologetic?
Translation
This is the text of Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Racine, Opus 11. 1 Verbe, égal au Très-Haut, notre unique espérance, Jour éternel de la terre et des cieux ; De la paisible nuit nous rompons le silence, Divin Sauveur, jette sur nous les yeux ! O Word, equal to the
Aligning with God's Truth
Here's an abbreviation of the Athanasian Creed from the late 400s CE, arranged as a responsive affirmation of faith, based on the translation published by the Christian Reformed Church in 1988. Not nearly as well known as the Nicene Creed (c.381) and the Apostles Creed (c.714)
creed
This is a selection of verses from Ezekiel chapters 3, 5, 7, 16, 33, 34, 36, based on the NLT and ESV, arranged as a responsive confession of faith. God says: If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the
Aligning with God's Truth
This arrangement is mostly drawing from the ESV and NLT, along with my own translation. Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up! Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater worshiping the things of this world. Cursed is anyone who
Aligning with God's Truth
You must be holy because I, Yahweh your God, am holy. Live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. Be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. Do not harvest the
Radical Inclusion
See how God welcomes you . . . click on this PDF link
Translation
Here's my translation of excerpts from the Letter of First John, arranged as a responsive affirmation of faith. We proclaim what we have seen and heard, so that you too may share in our fellowship — the fellowship with God the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. If