Sunday was a nice, low key Sunday that saw God’s people at COS doing what God’s people do on a Sunday morning: hearing the Word, participating in the Sacraments, and singing together. Since the sermon can be heard elsewhere and communion is hard to put online, I offer some musical excerpts:
A Hymn of Glory Let [...]

COS’s choral year finished up this Sunday, and I must say we went out in style.
First up was a prelude, “Ershienen Ist der Herrlich Tag” (The Glorious Day Has Appeared), a beautiful Easter chorale harmonized by J.S. Bach. From Bach we moved on to Brazil, with the North American premiere of “All of My Heart” [...]

After the descent of Lent into Holy Week, the Easter morning worship service is a joyful resurrection, and at COS we really pull out all the stops. Here are a few highlights:
Psalm 118: This Is the Day! (Scheer)
I was very proud of COS’s musicians on this one. It is not at all easy, but they [...]

Lent is a time of penitence, but like too much in our spiritual lives, we often try to do it on our own: If only I can drum up strong feelings of remorse and repentance. If only I can be more disciplined. If only…
But you can’t.
You can’t forgive yourself, you can’t save yourself, and you [...]

On March 10, Jack was preaching on oaths (Mt 5:33-37), so I simply pulled out my file of oath hymns and took the rest of the day off.
Oh wait, that’s right–there are no oath hymns!
Very few, in any case. I decided that a better approach for the music that day would be to focus on [...]

The COS Guitarchestra led worship on Sunday. It was a fairly typical service in many ways, but one of those that added up to more than a sum of its parts. I thought I’d post some substantial musical/liturgical portions of the service recording to give you a sense of how we roll:
Come Thou Fount, Confession, [...]