What language can i borrow

The thesaurus I consulted lists the following as replacements for thanks: express thanks, show gratitude, express gratitude, show appreciation, be grateful. Not exactly an abundance of choices. This issue of Reformed Worship is a timely reminder that not everyone communicates in the same way. Not everyone uses the language of words as their first language. Some people are most fluent in numbers, in musical sounds, in movement, or in creating visual expressions.

Hessel Park Church in Champaign, Illinois, encouraged members of the congregation to respond visually to a sermon series on hope. What language shall I borrow.

Choral Passion Chorale. Instrumental Trumpet Solos for Worship, Vol. Author: Paul Gerhardt Paul Gerhardt b. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin The joy can never be spoken, above all joys beside, When in Thy body broken I thus with safety hide. My Savior, be Thou near me when death is at my door; Then let Thy presence cheer me, forsake me nevermore!

When soul and body languish, oh, leave me not alone, But take away mine anguish by virtue of Thine own!

Be Thou my consolation, my shield when I must die; Remind me of Thy passion when my last hour draws nigh. Mine eyes shall then behold Thee, upon Thy cross shall dwell, My heart by faith enfolds Thee. Who dieth thus dies well. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. But violent theological controversy in the 16th century between two strands of Protestantism the Lutherans and the Reformed , the devastation of the Thirty Years' War , and periodic outbreaks of the plague prompted later German hymn writers to focus more deeply on the inner spiritual life of the believer.

Both Heermann and Gerhardt were part of this transformation. They were also no strangers to personal suffering. Born in Silesia at the time part of Germany, but now in Poland , Johann Heermann was the only surviving child of five and was in poor health throughout his life.

Heermann lost all his possessions more than once, and was nearly killed or forced to flee several times. In a throat problem brought an end to his preaching, and he retired from the ministry in Heermann published three collections of hymns. Paul Gerhardt was born in Saxony, part of modern-day Germany.

Like Heermann, he grew up in the shadow of the Thirty Years' War. Ordained in , Gerhardt pastored several Lutheran churches in and around Berlin.