AudioGerhard/t Podcast 1 – Gerhard’s Sacred Meditations I

Here's my first go at a full episode of the AudioGerhard/t Podcast!  You can download Episode 1 here.*  This was recorded today (October 14, 2015) on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis. Read along here! I'm still working on figuring out a way to embed this into the page with a flash-media player--I … Continue reading AudioGerhard/t Podcast 1 – Gerhard’s Sacred Meditations I

Building the Podcast 1 – Bump Music: Lobe den Herren

In putting together this podcast, I've been looking for arrangements of German hymnody roughly from the time of Gerhard and Gerhardt.  Eventually, I intend to record my own bump music with instrumentals of Crüger's arrangement of Gerhardt's hymns, but in the meantime, I've found this gem from the University of California--Santa Barbara's cylinder recording archives. … Continue reading Building the Podcast 1 – Bump Music: Lobe den Herren

Some Background – Johann Gerhard (1582-1637)

Given that the focus of a great deal of this blog will be on Johann Gerhard's Meditationes Sacrae, it would be prudent to introduce the "archtheologian of Lutheranism" with this quick biographical sketch from Lueker, Erwin L., Luther Poellot, Paul Jackson, eds., 2000. The Christian Cyclopedia.  St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House*: (October 17, 1582–August 17, 1637). “Archtheologian … Continue reading Some Background – Johann Gerhard (1582-1637)