I suspect that besides the desire to get away from the baby-boomer vagueness and anything-goes-ism of the 60s, there’s also a driving force for Latin to be found in the numbers of converts to Catholicism. I know I was disappointed when I attended my first Mass and found that not only was it in English, but the blandest possible English. What we’re seeing is more than just a desire for the past; it’s a desire for a solidity and immutability that’s been lacking in the Church for the last few decades.

This website reflects the feelings and experiences I have had as a Lutheran Church musician, organist/choirmaster. I became part of the Lutheran Church because it acknowledges that the arts, specifically music, can be a source of revelation. I am disgusted and dismayed by the worship in my own congregation at the non-traditional service. My biggest disgust is at the unwillingness of our pastors to mention or convict us of sin. It’s all “sweetness and light’. What are we saved from? You’d never know from listening to sermons at my church. Keep up the good work.