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Wilhelm Loehe’s Seed-Grains of Prayer is now available! ….and other news
Nearly a century after the first English edition of Wilhelm Loehe’s Seed-Grains of Prayer, we are pleased to announce that this timeless treasure is now in stock and ready for online order! Additionally, you will find this book at our display table in Upper Loehe Hall at next week’s annual Symposia at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, along with all of our other titles. Brenda Frese, mother of our own Chaplain Michael Frese, has graciously agreed to represent Emmanuel Press at the Symposia. This new printing of Seed-Grains of Prayer also coincides nicely with this summer’s third triennial meeting of the International Loehe Society .
Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne will once again host a free conference on the Monday before the Symposia. There will also be an afternoon session of learning to read and sing Gregorian chant as presented in The Brotherhood Prayer Book with Rev. Dr. Benjamin T.G. Mayes. Books will be available for purchase there, too.
Unfortunately, we have had an unexpected delay in the printing of Starck’s Motherhood Prayers for All Occasions, so it will not be available at the Symposia, but we will be sure to announce here as soon as it is in stock. We expect to have this resolved by the end of the month. In the meantime, we do have a PDF download on the Starck’s Motherhood Prayers tab so that you can preview this excellent collection of prayers for expectant mothers.
We will also be offering special prices online and in Fort Wayne for two of our items in honor of the upcoming Symposia week. The Brotherhood Prayer Book Audio CD is now available for $10 (regularly $15), and Starck’s Prayer Book (which does contain Starck’s Motherhood Prayers for All Occasions in the back of the book) will be $15 (regularly $20).
New Look, New Books
Greetings! Emmanuel Press is pleased to announce the printing of two new books on our newly updated website. We hope you will find it easy to navigate and chock full of information about our books, including new thumbnail views, PDF downloads, and audio samples of The Brotherhood Prayer Book CD.
We should have our two new titles, Wilhelm Loehe’s Seed-Grains of Prayer and Starck’s Motherhood Prayers for All Occasions, available as early as next week, just in time for sale at the Symposia at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN (January 18-21, 2011). See the book descriptions under the “Our Books” tab for an advance peek of both of these outstanding books.
Also be sure to visit our sister site, the Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood (LLPB), for more information about The Brotherhood Prayer Book.
Photos of The Brotherhood Prayer Book
The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Second Revised Edition
The welcome which The Brotherhood Prayer Book received since its publication in late 2004 has far surpassed our expectations. After less than two years, the looming end to the first print run of The Brotherhood Prayer Book, the many corrections posted at www.llpb.us, and the desire to produce a prayer book more complete with music and rubrics has led us to create this second revised edition of The Brotherhood Prayer Book.
The most noticeable change in this second edition is the new music. All of the responsories, antiphons for the Magnificat, invitatories, and the Venite now have their proper Gregorian melodies. The new music has increased the content of the book by about 50%. The new book is also now in a more convenient size, being roughly the same size as a hymnal. The second edition has marginal page reference to the first edition, so that groups can use both editions together and still avoid confusion. The second edition is also graced by the beautiful liturgical artwork of Mr. Edward Riojas. Introducing sections of the BPB, each of the 26 original drawings combines theology and piety to give the user a fitting focus for prayer. Indices allow the user to find particular Psalm tones, and hymns by their English and Latin names.
Just Arrived: An Explanation of the Common Service
The Common Service, with roots in the Reformation, the Middle Ages, and the early church, became the standard English liturgy for the Lutheran Church in America in the late 19th century. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod published it as its standard in The Lutheran Hymnal in 1941. With the publication of Lutheran Worship (1982), editors revised the Common Service, updating what they considered archaic language, but the basic structure remained the same. In the Lutheran Service Book (2006), editors have again included the Divine Service from The Lutheran Hymnal, which is the liturgy of the Common Service.
What is it about the beauty and reverence of this Divine Service that have caused Lutheran congregations to welcome it every Sunday morning for over a century? Many today enjoy it without being able to verbalize its deep theological beauty. Others may exclude it from congregational practice because they consider it outdated and invalid for the modern parishioner. In either case, the editors of An Explanation of the Common Service provide a basic yet important description of the theological and biblical meaning of this time-tested liturgy.
An Explanation of the Common Service explains the liturgy in such simple terms that it is perfect for teaching new members, catechumens, and youth. Yet its timeless truths are profound enough to instruct even long-time members and pastors. First printed a century ago, this Lutheran liturgical handbook uses questions and answers to explain the meaning of three services: the Communion service, Matins, and Vespers. (Liturgical texts are equivalent to those in The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941.) In addition, hymnody, liturgical theology, and history are addressed succinctly. The glossary of liturgical terms is helpful, extensive, and reliable.
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