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)
Morning Run – Tue, Jun 14, 2022
1.62 km. Aren't you tired of your current desktop background, whatever it may be? As for me, I've been using the same background for longer than I can remember. Have you ever thought of the sky as God's "desktop background" for you? God "refreshes" it all the time. There is no way we can be … Continue reading Morning Run – Tue, Jun 14, 2022
We Fly Away (Psalm 90:10)
Two observations surprise me: that it has already been more than two years since COVID-19 began to devour the world (December 2019) and that almost half of 2022 is already gone. These, however, shouldn’t bowl me over because I know the Psalmist’s trenchant statement of the shortness of our lives, “for they [our days] quickly … Continue reading We Fly Away (Psalm 90:10)