The Organist's Blog
August 6, 2018 – Hope in the Midst of Gloom and Doom
May I be transparent for a moment? Zechariah is scary. It is a difficult book to match up with church music. I considered playing Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for this coming Sunday. I am certainly looking forward to hearing what Pastor Jim is going to teach...
April 30 – My Jesus, I Love Thee
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments (1 John 5:2). It never ceases to amaze me that God loves me unconditionally. Jesus is the ultimate example of God’s love for all of humanity. God so desires our love that he...
April 23 – The Mighty Power of God
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations. (Psalm 22:27-28) Psalm 22, the lectionary psalm for this Sunday, paints a...
April 16 – Let Everything Praise the Lord
Throughout my life, Psalms has been my constant go-to book in the Bible. When I am happy, I find rejoicing. When I am sad, I find encouragement. When I stray from God, I find direction. This Sunday the chorus from the South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and...
April 9 – Worship the Lord
When Paul and Barnabas traveled to Lystra and healed a crippled man, the people of the city praised them as gods. They shouted as the priests of Zeus began to prepare a sacrifice, but Paul and Barnabas turned the attention to the true and living God. They described...
April 2, 2018 – Rejoice! He Lives!
Royalty has always fascinated me. I love reading books about Queen Elizabeth I, King Louis XIV, Catherine the Great and many others. I try not to be obsessed with modern royal families, but I can’t help myself. One of my favorite current TV shows is The Crown. I don’t...