http://www.singforjoy.org Sing For Joy expresses, through sacred choral music and thoughtful commentary, the biblical themes that are the basis of Christian worship for each week in the church year. This half-hour program prepares listeners for worship, reinforces their worship experience and, for many listeners, is their primary form of worship during the week. The musical performances "do the talking," while the concise commentary illustrates the meaning of the texts. http://www.singforjoy.org/rss/rss-image.gif http://www.singforjoy.org 144 73 en-us (c) St. Olaf College Music can rest a weary soul, and it can just as effectively stir up thoughtfulness in an open mind. For both kinds of music, join us on the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0911.html#week3 2009-11-15_SFJ Sun, 15 November 2009 00:01:00 CST Song and dance have a reputation for being frivolous; for entertainment purposes only. But singing and dancing can also carry profound meaning. Radio can’t bring you a beautiful dance, but it can bring you music of meaning and delight. Join us for the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0911.html#week2 2009-11-08_SFJ Sun, 08 November 2009 00:01:00 CST In early November, many Christians around the world take note of All Saints Day. On the next Sing For Joy, you’ll hear music celebrating that occasion. And it is wonderful music. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0911.html#week1 2009-11-01_SFJ Sun, 01 November 2009 00:01:00 CST This week on Sing For Joy we feature a church full of people singing together at a hymn festival called Home, Harvest, and Healing. The mood is contagious; you might want to want to sing along. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0910.html#week4 2009-10-25_SFJ Sun, 25 October 2009 00:01:00 CST Sing For Joy is a program that wants you to experience music’s gift for interpreting words. The music of the church is not mere decoration; it is demonstration -- spiritual exploration -- of the meaning of the word. Join us and be enriched. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0910.html#week3 2009-10-18_SFJ Sun, 18 October 2009 00:01:00 CST Music can seem unreasonable, irrational. It sings about trouble, grief, pain, even death that comes creeping in the door. Why sing about such things? No reason - unless there is something more profound that outlasts human trouble. Join us on the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0910.html#week2 2009-10-11_SFJ Sun, 11 October 2009 00:01:00 CST The next Sing For Joy celebrates creation. We can’t use color, water, earth or sky. Such things don’t work on radio. But we will use music! Join us to give thanks for the beauty of the earth. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0910.html#week1 2009-10-04_SFJ Sun, 04 October 2009 00:01:00 CST One of the themes of the next Sing for Joy is honesty. Is music just a pretty face put on messages to make people feel good, or is it an honest expression of heart and mind? It can be both, of course. But join us to hear music that wants to be truthful. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0909.html#week4 2009-09-27_SFJ Sun, 27 September 2009 00:01:00 CST Music has the power to turn a person’s attention from one thing to another. It is hard to ignore. That’s part of the reason the church loves music; it helps listeners pay attention. Sing For Joy brings you such music each week. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0909.html#week3 2009-09-20_SFJ Sun, 20 September 2009 00:01:00 CST Sometimes the events of daily life or even stories from the Bible don't always leave people in the mood to sing. But there is something about both daily life and the Bible that eventually calls for music making. Such music of reflection awaits you on the next Sing For Joy. Join Us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0909.html#week2 2009-09-13_SFJ Sun, 13 September 2009 00:01:00 CST Life can bring occasions and experiences that leave one at a loss for words. When the experience is full of grace and goodness, one word – Alleluia – is enough. Hear it on the next Sing for Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0909.html#week1 2009-09-06_SFJ Sun, 6 September 2009 00:01:00 CST When music sings about "all good gifts around us," it is usually too modest to name itself as one of those gifts. On Sing For Joy, we regard music as a good and meaningful gift, and we share that gift with you each week. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0908.html#week5 2009-08-30_SFJ Sun, 30 August 2009 00:01:00 CST At weddings, most couples do not shout their vows; they make them quietly, yet joyfully. That is often the tone of genuine commitment. The music of commitment can be gentle yet joyful. Hear it on the next Sing For Joy! http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0908.html#week4 2009-08-23_SFJ Sun, 23 August 2009 00:01:00 CST Much of the western world’s visual art depicts scenes and stories from the Bible. The same is true of its music. Always on Sing For Joy, you can hear such music; sometimes powerful enough to stop you in your tracks, other times gentle enough to calm your anxiety; and always offered to feed the soul. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0908.html#week3 2009-08-16_SFJ Sun, 16 August 2009 00:01:00 CST O Taste and See. Once again this week on Sing For Joy, bread, music, and word combine to feed the soul. Join us for a musical feast. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0908.html#week2 2009-08-09_SFJ Sun, 09 August 2009 00:01:00 CST Music is like good bread: it can be plentiful, but still wonderful. That is, full of wonder. It is ordinary without ever being just ordinary. Listen to the next Sing For Joy where music and bread come together. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0908.html#week1 2009-08-02_SFJ Sun, 02 August 2009 00:01:00 CST Some people might say it takes a gladsome mind to sing a gladsome song. But listen to the next Sing for Joy and see if it doesn't also work the other way around - a gladsome song or two can help your mind be glad. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0907.html#week4 2009-07-26_SFJ Sun, 26 July 2009 00:01:00 CST The 23rd Psalm must be an infinite source of inspiration. In every generation, artists, musicians, and people in need make it their own. We hear the results of this inspiration next time on Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0907.html#week3 2009-07-19_SFJ Sun, 19 July 2009 00:01:00 CST On the next Sing For Joy, you’ll hear a hymn which says that God is beyond all praising. That has never stopped musicians, poets, and a host of others from singing praise anyway. And doing it very well. I hope you’ll join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0907.html#week2 2009-07-12_SFJ Sun, 12 July 2009 00:01:00 CST Most of the time, picking up a song – that is, singing, whistling or listening – is a way of laying down at least part of a burden. It’s as if music lightens the load. On the next Sing For Joy, we provide music for you to pick up. I hope you’ll join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0907.html#week1 2009-07-05_SFJ Sun, 05 July 2009 00:01:00 CST Sometimes clear water runs not in rushing rivers, but just underground; like hope in places where a hasty look sees none. Music of hope in the midst of trouble is sweet music. You’ll hear it on the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0906.html#week4 2009-06-28_SFJ Sun, 28 June 2009 00:01:00 CST June is a lovely month in the northern hemisphere; the the chill of spring is long gone and the harshness of high summer has not yet arrived. It is a month to celebrate creation. Music that thanks the Creator is part of the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0906.html#week3 2009-06-21_SFJ Sun, 21 June 2009 00:01:00 CST Mid to late June is a strong agricultural growing season in much of the United States and Canada; and the growing season is mentioned in the Bible texts read in many churches this week. Songs and hymns of growth can be heard on the next Sing For Joy. I hope you'll be listening. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0906.html#week2 2009-06-14_SFJ Sun, 14 June 2009 00:01:00 CST Christianity is best taught, not with a sword or a stick, but with a song. The opponents of reformer Martin Luther said that he convinced more people with his hymns than with his treatises and sermons. In celebration of Trinity Sunday - and every week - Sing for Joy lives up to its name. It sings. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0906.html#week1 2009-06-07_SFJ Sun, 07 June 2009 00:01:00 CST This week on Sing For Joy we remember the time of Pentecost. Spirited music, both energetic and peaceful awaits you. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0905.html#week5 2009-05-31_SFJ Sun, 31 May 2009 00:01:00 CST The word "ascension" can apply to things like mountain climbing, but also to matters of authority and governance. It is because the ascension of Christ is about authority of grace and love that the Christian church has wanted to sing about it. You’ll hear that music on the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0905.html#week4 2009-05-24_SFJ Sun, 24 May 2009 00:01:00 CST Love is universal, known in all languages and among all people. And music is universal. Put the two together and songs about love abound. On the next Sing For Joy, songs about the universal love of God will will put joy in your soul. Listen in. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0905.html#week3 2009-05-17_SFJ Sun, 17 May 2009 00:01:00 CST Why have so many Bible stories, verses, and ideas been turned into music? Probably for clarity. God is love, the Bible says. Such a truth is most true when it is sung. You’ll hear that musical honesty on the next Sing For Joy. I hope you’ll be listening. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0905.html#week2 2009-05-10_SFJ Sun, 10 May 2009 00:01:00 CST What is the most well known poem in the western world? It is impossible to know; but one of the most likely candidates is certainly Psalm 23, the Lord is my Shepherd. It is recited frequently, and on the next Sing For Joy, you’ll hear it sung in a wonderful variety of ways. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0905.html#week1 2009-05-03_SFJ Sun, 03 May 2009 00:01:00 CST Sometimes Sing For Joy invites you to sing along with the great hymns and music of the Church. On the next program you might want to whistle along. It’s Easter season. There is gladness. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0904.html#week4 2009-04-26_SFJ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:01:00 CST Easter comes and goes. But before it goes, it lingers for a whole 49 day season in the church. On the next Sing For Joy, you will hear evidence that the Easter season is still very much alive and well. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0904.html#week3 2009-04-19_SFJ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:01:00 CST When the women disciples of Jesus went early on easter morning to his tomb, they were probably not singing, they were weeping. But within days, if not hours, the word Arisen, must have been music to their ears, as well as on their lips. We sing with them on the next Sing For Joy. I hope you’ll join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0904.html#week2 2009-04-12_SFJ Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:01:00 CST Can Palm Sunday be properly celebrated where no palm trees grow? As long as you have music, the answer is yes. Wave a palm branch, if you have one, and be sure to tune in to the next Sing For Joy. Great Palm Sunday music awaits you. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0904.html#week1 2009-04-05_SFJ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:01:00 CST An old proverb says that those who sing their prayers pray twice. And singers know it’s true. But is it right to sing prayers of confession and repentence? Doesn’t singing a confession make it less serious? A long and noble tradition in the Christian Church sings confession, and we’ll explore this tradition on the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0903.html#week5 2009-03-29_SFJ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:01:00 CST Many people cheapen the meaning of the word love by using it superficially. Many others worry about that. Music has something to say to them all. When love is put into lovely music, it isn’t superficial; it has power to restore and heal. Such music can be heard on the next Sing For Joy. I hope you’ll listen. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0903.html#week4 2009-03-22_SFJ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:01:00 CST If you’re being un-poetic, you’d say that the heavens can’t sing. But if you’re being spiritually playful, you'd say that human songs are meant to sing along with heaven and earth. That sort of human song is featured every week on Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0903.html#week3 2009-03-15_SFJ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:01:00 CST When a group of people turns into a mob, it turns ugly. But when a group of people turns into a choir, something has gone right with the world. Sing For Joy brings you old and new songs of the church to enrich your life each week. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0903.html#week2 2009-03-08_SFJ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:01:00 CST The season of Lent in the Christian church is something like a dark rainstorm brewing up over a thirsty land. It sends people scurrying for cover while at the same time they welcome it as life-giving. Music can be like such a storm, and you will hear that for yourself on the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0903.html#week1 2009-03-01_SFJ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:01:00 CST Anytime someone tells the story of Elijah being taken up and away over the Jordan River in a chariot of fire, it is time, a good time, to sing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. The next program of Sing For Joy is one of those times. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0902.html#week4 2009-02-22_SFJ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:01:00 CST Normally when you’re ill, either your body or your spirit refuses to sing. Sometimes both do. But in the Christian Church’s collection of old and new music there are songs for healing. Powerful songs for healing. Hear them on the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0902.html#week3 2009-02-15_SFJ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:01:00 CST Jessye Norman — and a great many other singers as well — "Tell the World" on the next Sing For Joy. Join us, and be refreshed. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0902.html#week2 2009-02-08_SFJ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:01:00 CST Weary of junk mail messages? There are still times and places in life when it can be said, "How lovely are the messengers." And I’m happy to remind you that Sing For Joy one of those places. The musical messengers and their messages are lovely. Tune in and listen. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0902.html#week1 2009-02-01_SFJ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:01:00 CST Being confused and disoriented is sometimes called getting yourself all turned around, and it is a negative thing. But in the world of relationships and ethical life, turning is often a very positive thing. And music can often stir a person to keep turning, turning, till they come round right. Join us on the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0901.html#week4 2009-01-25_SFJ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:01:00 CST Life is like a call and response song. But when the world is full of voices and values calling in different directions, to which should one respond? On the next Sing For Joy you will hear musical answers to that question. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0901.html#week3 2009-01-18_SFJ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:01:00 CST There are nowhere near as many songs about the Baptism of Jesus as about the birth of Jesus, but there are some. And they are worth hearing. We’ll play them for you on the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0901.html#week2 2009-01-11_SFJ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:01:00 CST All the Christmas food might be gone, the wrapping paper recycled or put away, but music can keep a Christmas fire burning in your heart. Join us on the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0901.html#week1 2009-01-04_SFJ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:01:00 CST No matter how young or old you are, you are always a child. Stories and songs help keep that important child-like spirit alive. This week, let the music of Sing For Joy help care for the child in you. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0812.html#week4 2008-12-28_SFJ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:01:00 CST Because Christmas is about the infant Jesus, the days just before Christmas often pay attention to the story of his mother Mary. Her story is told and re-told in lovely music that is featured on the next Sing For Joy. Both the story and the music are worth hearing. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0812.html#week3 2008-12-21_SFJ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:01:00 CST John the Baptist has no role in Christmas pageants. But year after year he makes an appearance in the Bible stories many churches read during the Advent season. John even has a few hymns and songs about himself. You’ll hear some of them on the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0812.html#week2 2008-12-14_SFJ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:01:00 CST During the pre-Christmas Advent season, a mood prevails in many human spirits -- the mood of mixed feelings: Christmas combined with the stressful dailyness of the world. The church’s music of Advent knows that mood and sings comfort, comfort while we look ahead and wait. Music for the soul on the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0812.html#week1 2008-12-07_SFJ Sun, 7 Dec 2008 00:01:00 CST The Advent season arrives – full of hope, expectation, preparation, personal reflection – and music to direct the heart toward what will be. Join us for music of the season on the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0811.html#week5 2008-11-30_SFJ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:01:00 CST In North America we don’t have coronations except at make-believe events like Homecoming celebrations at schools. Instead we have inaugurations and installations and dedications. But once a year many Christian Churches celebrate a day called Christ the King. Coronation music stirs the soul. Let yours be stirred by the next Sing For Joy. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0811.html#week4 2008-11-23_SFJ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:01:00 CST Mid November typically makes people look both backward - reviewing a year that is coming to its end - and forward to a new year waiting out there not so far away. On the next Sing For Joy you will hear music that helps you look with thanks to the past and with hope for the years to come. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0811.html#week3 2008-11-16_SFJ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:01:00 CST Singing, especially singing together: the world just seems to be a better place when people do that. You can hear choirs and congregations do it every week on Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0811.html#week2 2008-11-09_SFJ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:01:00 CST Some music has the power to make you sit very still, other music makes you want to stand up and move, and still other music almost compels you to sing along. You're likely to experience all three kinds on the next Sing For Joy. Join us. http://www.singforjoy.org/playlists/sfj0811.html#week1 2008-11-02_SFJ Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:01:00 CST