{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Write This: Christmas Carols

The Ladies are welcoming listener contributions to a new “Write This:” creative challenge, this time featuring original Christmas carol lyrics to familiar tunes.

Thy Strong Word — Countdown to Christmas: LSB 363 Silent Night, Holy Night

The Rev. George Ruwisch, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Nashua, NH, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study the hymn “Silent Night, Holy Night.”

Thy Strong Word — Countdown to Christmas: LSB 361: O Little Town of Bethlehem

The Rev. Dr. Curtis Deterding, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Myers, FL, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study the hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”

Thy Strong Word — Countdown to Christmas: LSB 357: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

The Rev. John Lukomski, co-host of Wrestling with the Basics on KFUO Radio, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study the hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”. Find Wrestling with the Basics at kfuo.org/WrestlingWithTheBasics.

Thy Strong Word — Countdown to Christmas: LSB 356: The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came

The Rev. Philip Hoppe, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Colby, KS, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study the hymn “The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came.”

Thy Strong Word — NEW SERIES: Countdown to Christmas

Celebrate the birth of our Savior with Thy Strong Word’s Countdown to Christmas, a special series where we explore 10 of the most beloved Christmas hymns found in the Lutheran Service Book.

The Coffee Hour — Hymnody: The Sung Apologetic

Seminarian James Gramzow talks about what a summer vicar does with Higher Things and how hymns teach the faith.

The Coffee Hour — Green Season Hymns: LSB 717, 615 & 645 (Rebroadcast)

Andy and Sarah talk with Benjamin Kolodziej, member of Faith Lutheran Church in Plano, TX, and contributor to the Lutheran Service Book Hymnal Companion

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Story Time with Sarah: Emilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Sarah delves into the now-relatively-obscure life of one of 17th century Lutheranism’s most noteworthy women: Emilie Juliane, Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

The Coffee Hour — Easter Hymnody: Death Is Swallowed Up By Death (Rebroadcast)

Andy and Sarah talk with Deaconess Sandra Rhein, Sacred Music Educator in Asia for the LCMS Office of International Mission.