Volume 2 - Number 1
March 2007
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VOICE From Co-Director
Richard C. Resch
The Good Shepherd Institute of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Music is happy to give this advance announcement of the 2007 conference schedule. Since this year is the 400th anniversary of Paul Gerhardt’s birth and the 100th anniversary of Martin Franzmann’s birth, our theme will be:
Celebrating the Life and Hymns of Paul Gerhardt and Martin Franzmann The glorious hymn texts of these two giants in Lutheran hymnody will be celebrated as we learn about these men, their hymnwriting, and how to use their hymns in everyday life. And for two days we get to sing their hymns.
Our topics and speakers: Paul Gerhardt in Context: The Second Reformation and the Thirty Years’ War Christopher Boyd Brown, Boston University, LCMS Luther/Reformation Scholar The Theology of the Cross in Paul Gerhardt’s Hymns Richard C. Resch, Concordia Theological Seminary The Image of God, Sacraments, and Other Themes in Gerhardt’s Hymns – At the Onset of Pietism Lawrence Rast, Concordia Theological Seminary Gerhardt and Franzmann – Exegesis and Lectionary Use Arthur A. Just Jr., Concordia Theological Seminary Gerhardt and Franzmann – Organ and Choral Settings Paul J. Grime, Executive Director, LCMS Commission on Worship Martin Franzmann – His Life Richard Brinkley, author of Thy Strong Word: The Enduring Legacy of Martin Franzmann Co-presented with Connie Seddon, daughter of Walter E. Buszin, who witnessed the beginnings first hand as a close friend of the family
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