Andy and Sarah talk with Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW.
JOY — Epiphany
Hear marvelous music about the Magi, plus a rare old recording featuring members of the military singing about Epiphany.
JOY — New Year
Hear music appropriate for turning the calendar, including settings of Psalm 90, some rarely-heard New Year carols, and Christmas carols for the Christmas season.
JOY — Joy to the World!
Hear an hour of the finest carols, the most meaningful, most enduring Christmas music you’ll never hear at the mall!
JOY — The Song of Mary
Hear a major portion of John Rutter’s “Magnificat,” one of the most exuberant settings of that song from the gospel of Luke.
JOY — Messiah
Hear a major portion of “Messiah,” and also Advent carols sung by the National Lutheran Choir, the Bach Society of Saint Louis, and others.
Sharper Iron — Christ is Surely Coming: Joy in the Gospel and Its Fruit
Rev. Andrew Preus, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Guttenberg, IA and St. Paul Lutheran Church in McGregor, IA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13.
JOY — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Hear several versions of the great Advent carol, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” balanced with a litany of Advent carols and anthems that point us in the direction of Christmas.
JOY — Thanksgiving
Sample hymns and anthems spanning four centuries, plus time-honored expressions of Thanksgiving from Johann Sebastian Bach and his influencers.
Sharper Iron — The Joy of Thanksgiving
Rev. John Bussman, pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cullman, AL joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Philippians 4:6-20.