Today was the first real day that we had concern about the weather, because we were planning to be mostly outdoors. The rain hadn’t started yet, so our first stop was at the Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, which is a huge park displaying the sculpture art of Gustave Vigeland (11 April 1869 –… Read More Walking through Oslo
Last Sunday about 4:00 pm after I had just settled into my seat at the Symphony concert and before the music began, my phone vibrated, indicating that I had a new email message. It was from Chandra Peters, the chapel coordinator of Punahou School, who coincidentally sang with the Lutheran Church of Honolulu choir for… Read More A life of leisure … NOT!
I’m now in Springfield, MA, the last leg of my journey, and I’m checked into the convention hotel designated for the Organ Historical Society. When I turned on CNN to see what news I’ve missed in the last three weeks, there was a clip of President Obama singing “Amazing Grace” as part of his eulogy to… Read More Organist to the rescue!
I remember a few years ago when the pastor, during the children’s sermon, asked the children if they knew who Martin Luther was. Understandably, the children confused the great reformer, Martin Luther, with the civil rights activist whose birthday we celebrated this week, Martin Luther King. Some of you probably saw my Facebook posting about… Read More Martin Luther and Martin Luther King
Some photos of the young Barack Obama in Hawaii have surfaced recently, and one in particular caught my eye. It was a picture of President Obama in his ninth grade class at Punahou School — and the school is directly across the street from the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. In fact you can see the… Read More Just across the street!
There’s no question that the Lutheran Church of Honolulu is blessed with many talented musicians, artists, and scholars. Among them is Carol Langner, who has sung in the choir for over 30 years, and is now retired from the Art Department of the University of Hawaii. In recent years, Carol has become “The Queen of… Read More Cantate Domino