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Listen for Me on Fighting for the Faith, Others

Mar 15th, 2011
by Dan.
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If you were listening to yesterday’s Fighting for the Faith on Pirate Christian Radio around the second commercial break, you heard a new voice before the commercials:

“It’s like ‘What Not to Wear,’ but for theology!  You’re listening to Fighting for the Faith.”

Two weeks ago I recorded liners for three shows: Chris Rosebrough’s Fighting for the Faith, Table Talk Radio by Seminarian Evan Goeglein and Pr. Bryan Wolfmueller, and The God Whisperers, hosted by Prs. Craig Donofrio and Bill Cwirla.

When I sent in Table Talk Radio’s liners, Pr. Wolfmueller quickly responded, “Dan, we don’t do humor.” :)

Fighting for the Faith is a 2-hour-ish podcast reporting on theological news and commenting on things people say in the name of Christianity — some of which is not recognizable to the faith at all.

Table Talk Radio is a lighthearted hour of game shows and the occasional scrap of theological current event discussion. And they do do humor. :)

The God Whisperers is essentially a cure for pietism. The earlier shows delved into Luther’s Small Catechism, Walther’s Law and Gospel, and other tomes, but lately the show has trended also to current events and the liturgical calendar. They are well known in podcast circles for their heavy promotion of pork and shellfish, in reaction to Joel Osteen’s preaching against such food.

Check these shows out and see if you can hear the liners, or maybe I’ll send them to you for a small Time Out donation. :)

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Surprise Guest on Issues, Etc.

Jul 1st, 2009
by Dan.
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If as Andy Warhol says, “everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes,” I may have just eleven and a half minutes left; my younger daughter, about 14:45. :)

I got the opportunity to read yesterday’s blog post on the air and across the world on Issues, Etc.’s live celebration of their anniversary. For two-thirds of the reading, things were going reasonably well, when Twin #2 came downstairs and wanted to swing. I excused myself from the broadcast, guided her back upstairs, and finished the reading. Such is live radio. This is why Time Out is pre-recorded.

I discussed the incident with a couple of others who had been on the show before. Frank suggested that next time that happens, I should shout, “Go back upstairs, and study your catechism!” :)

Thanks, Pr. Wilken and Jeff, for having me on. It was a hoot.

The reading came after the first break, at 14:31.

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A Night with NR, Episode 1

Nov 6th, 2008
by Dan.
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A long time ago, on the shores of the Lake of the Ozarks near Osceola, MO, I was a camper and later a summer camp counselor. One of the things that was very cool, was the time between 9:45 and 10 at night. Between Call to Quarters and Taps, relaxing classical or patriotic music would play, setting the mood for a quiet night.

Martin Luther advises in his Small Catechism to say a prayer of thanksgiving, and then, “go to sleep promptly and cheerfully.” Personally I find that difficult to do, for a host of reasons.

The intent of this podcast is to play performances, some by me alone, some by good musicians of the Lutheran Church, and some by both.  Like the time before Taps, I promise not to run over 15 minutes. In future podcasts I hope not to talk so much, but some recordings come with great memories.

This evening’s performance is from July 1, 2007. Trinity Lutheran Church in Rock Springs, WY, was dedicating their new and beautiful sanctuary. Kantor Steven Hoffman was in charge of the music, and he was nice enough to let me record a duet with him. What you are about to hear are the first two verses of Hymn 656 out of The Lutheran Hymnal, “Behold a Host, Arrayed in White.” Enjoy.

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That was fun to do.  I need to work the introduction a little more, and I need to record more performances. It definitely helps to read the script aloud beforehand. :)

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Old and New at Our Saviour

Oct 28th, 2007
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After dedicating the congregation’s LSB hymnals and corporate confessional and absolution, Our Savior used Luther’s 1523 Formula Missae et Communionis (Form of Mass and Communion) for Divine Service this Reformation Day morning. I was asked to be the Cantor for the service, the first time I had soloed for Our Saviour.

The use of Formula Missae brought an interesting twist. OSLC usually speaks the Introit and Gradual, then sings through the communion liturgy out of the hymnal. This time, we chanted through the Introit, Gradual, Verse, and Alleluias while speaking the Service of the Sacrament.

For the Introit, Pastor Gau would sing the first half, while I sang the second half. The congregation jumped in as it picked up the melody.

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Peace With Christ, Fort Collins, CO

Sep 16th, 2007
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First of all, I would like to thank Pastor Lehmann for inviting me to sing during both services at Peace With Christ Lutheran Church in Fort Collins.

Secondly, Pastor Lehmann preached a must-read sermon on Luke 15:1-10, found on his LiveJournal blog. My favorite part:

At this point you might be thinking, so what about the one? I’m here. I’m not starving. I’ve heard the Word of God read. I’m listening to this sermon. I’m being fed. I’m in the green pasture. I’m by the still water. I’m one of the ninety-nine. That may be so. But if you are one of the ninety-nine, it’s only because you were once the one.

Both services were done according to the LSB Service of Prayer and Preaching. The congregation took the refrains on the OT and NT Canticles, while I joined some pieces of the choir in singing the verses. The NT Canticle without the organ almost doesn’t sound like it should sound good, but the organ makes the vocals make sense. :)

As previously noted, Pr. Lehmann asked me to take a verse out of LSB 709, “The King of Love My Shepherd Is.” I chose verse 4. The first time sounded good, but when I listened to it on the recorder, the “short a” vowel sound of “Thy rod and staff, my comfort still,” was too nasal for my liking. I fixed it in the second service, and the result is decent. I left the latter half of verse 3 by the congregation in, because it sounded good and made a nice introduction.

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Music and lyrics: Public domain.

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Dedication Sunday

Jul 1st, 2007
by Dan.
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There were two services today at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rock Springs, WY. I sang in the choir in both services, two songs in the morning Divine Service and four in the dedication service.

Trinity Rock Springs ExteriorI also had a duet and a solo in the morning service. After everyone was seated, Kantor Steven Hoffman and I did a duet on TLH 656, “Behold a Host, Arrayed in White.” I took melody first and second verses and projected the tenor line for verse three, while Kantor took tenor on the first verse, bass on the second verse, and melody on the third verse to accompany what ended up being a tenor descant.

I should have brought my digital voice recorder to the rehearsal, because that’s was when it sounded the best. I tried to record the morning performance, but the batteries decided to give up. Sunday afternoon, we had one more try to record the song. My voice had cooled back down, so I butchered the E-flat in the tenor line in the third verse. You don’t get to hear that. :)

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