Pr. Joel Baseley is doing the Lord’s work in Dearborn, MI. Yes, he the Associate Pastor of Emmanuel Church in Dearborn (a beautiful building in a beautiful neighborhood). He’s also an avid German translator. Not to be missed is his “Luther’s Family Devotions” published a number of years ago. It was my daily devotional choice […]

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Today’s Collect calls God’s providence “never-failing”. God never fails to provide for His creation. Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount that our Father in heaven makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and […]

Fred Lindemann, “The Sermon and the Propers” The Holy Gospel tells us of our Lord’s compassion, sympathy, considerateness, bounty, on which we may count as we strive agaisnt the things that  handicap us and vitiate our service (3:137). Church Fathers We learn, through this account, that we should be content with what suffices for our […]

…at least productive musically. Here are the introits for the Sundays after Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, and the First-Eighth Sundays after. Hopefully we’ll remain caught up from here on out. After the completion of the summer introits I hope to begin transcribing the Alleluias & Verses for the Church Year. (I also intend to do […]

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit When a craftsman makes something unique and wants the product to be a limited edition, he breaks the mold. That way no one will make another product just like the one he made. When a person has a unique […]