Halifax Airport, NS, Canada, Sat, Oct 25th, 2025 I felt nervous when I got the text message from Air Canada that my plane was delayed due to mechanical issues. When we finally boarded after the one-hour delay, we were told that we could not take off due to the severe thunderstorm. The rain drops were … Continue reading 神の契約と虹 / The Rainbow and God’s Covenant
Ultimately There Are No Tragedies
One day in October 2010, in Baku, Azerbaijan, I was killing some time before I picked up my children from school, sitting in a playground near the school. It was a small one between two apartment buildings. And in the playground, there was only one boy, about six or seven years of age. He climbed … Continue reading Ultimately There Are No Tragedies
When We Are in Profound Distress (BWV 641)
https://youtu.be/3gLsEt3sEIk?feature=shared&t=8 To many (I believe), it is almost indisputable that Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) marks the apogee of the Baroque period (seventeenth to mid-eighteenth centuries). His organ chorale titled "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein" (When We Are in Profound Distress) (BWV 641) is from the Orgelbüchlein, a collection of his chorale preludes (1712-1717). The … Continue reading When We Are in Profound Distress (BWV 641)