In June my husband and I had the great luck to be in Stockholm, Sweden (for the first time) on a Sunday morning. As we began walking around town, we arrived at the entrance to the Stockholm Cathedral and promptly went inside to worship. Because we were a few minutes late, we grabbed our Swedish hymnals and service folders and made our way to an empty pew near the front (yes, I’m still a “real” Lutheran even though I sat at the front) where we had a clear view of the worship leaders and the altar area.
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Julie Grindle is a lifelong church musician, accompanist and teacher. After serving as musician to Lutheran congregations and ecumenical partners for 35 years, Julie is now the Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility in the Upstate NY Synod (ELCA). She is the immediate past-president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. In the past year she has written for Sundays and Seasons, Living Lutheran and the ALCM publication CrossAccent, and is a former member of the ILS (Institute of Liturgical Studies) advisory board. She currently lives in Baldwinsville, NY, with her husband, David. They have two sons in college, Will and Tom.
Recent Posts
An Ordo that Transcends Time and Space
Posted on Jul 16, 2024 9:00:00 AM by Julie Grindle in worship, in All Creation Sings, in Evangelical Lutheran Worship, in ELW
Hospitality in Worship Leadership and Planning
Posted on Jan 10, 2023 9:00:00 AM by Julie Grindle in Hospitality, in worship
Hospitality is defined as “the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.”
Read More > >Hymns That Speak to Our Times
Posted on Jun 8, 2021 9:00:00 AM by Julie Grindle in Hymnody, in Music Ministry, in music
“Spirit, open my heart to the joy and pain of living. As you love may I love, in receiving and in giving. Spirit, open my heart.” (ACS 1043)
Read More > >The Importance of Hymns of Lament
Posted on Oct 8, 2020 9:00:00 AM by Julie Grindle in Hymnody, in Music Ministry
“Sometimes our only song is weeping, our only sound a gasping breath . . .” (ACS 1050)
This is the first line of a new hymn in All Creation Sings, the upcoming worship supplement from Augsburg Fortress, found in the subsection “Lament.” Along with other new hymns in All Creation Sings, and their siblings in Evangelical Lutheran Worship, they are powerful source material as we grieve widespread sickness and death, old inequalities and fresh injustices. Hope itself can seem lost.
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