The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio

Rev. Sean Daenzer, LCMS Director of Worship and International Center Chaplain, joins Andy and Sarah to explore our rich hymnody for the season of Christmas! Today, we learn about Lutheran Service Book 897, "O rejoice, ye Christians loudly."Find your edition of the Lutheran Service Book at music.cph.org/lutheran-service-book/related-products and the LSB Companion to the Hymns at cph.org/p-33586-lutheran-service-book-companion-to-the-hymns-2-volume-set.aspx. Find more research at hymnary.org and tips at music.cph.org/blog/diy-hymnology-research-tips-for-studying-hymns.

Rev. Dr. James Marriott, Director of Music Arts at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah to explore our rich hymnody for the season of Christmas! Today, we learn about Lutheran Service Book 399, "The star proclaims the King is here."Find your edition of the Lutheran Service Book at music.cph.org/lutheran-service-book/related-products and the LSB Companion to the Hymns at cph.org/p-33586-lutheran-service-book-companion-to-the-hymns-2-volume-set.aspx. Find more research at hymnary.org and tips at music.cph.org/blog/diy-hymnology-research-tips-for-studying-hymns.

Paul Soulek, Director of Parish & School Music at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska, joins Andy and Sarah to explore our rich hymnody for the season of Christmas! Today, we learn about Lutheran Service Book 389, "Let all together praise our God."Find your edition of the Lutheran Service Book at music.cph.org/lutheran-service-book/related-products and the LSB Companion to the Hymns at cph.org/p-33586-lutheran-service-book-companion-to-the-hymns-2-volume-set.aspx. Find more research at hymnary.org and tips at music.cph.org/blog/diy-hymnology-research-tips-for-studying-hymns.

Dr. Jerrode Marsh, Director of Music at St. Paul Lutheran High School in Concordia, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah to explore our rich hymnody for the season of Christmas! Today, we learn about Lutheran Service Book 386, "Now sing we, now rejoice."Find your edition of the Lutheran Service Book at music.cph.org/lutheran-service-book/related-products and the LSB Companion to the Hymns at cph.org/p-33586-lutheran-service-book-companion-to-the-hymns-2-volume-set.aspx. Find more research at hymnary.org and tips at music.cph.org/blog/diy-hymnology-research-tips-for-studying-hymns.

Matt Machemer, Associate Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, joins Andy and Sarah to explore our rich hymnody for the season of Christmas! Today, we learn about Lutheran Service Book 382, "We praise You, Jesus, at Your birth."Find your edition of the Lutheran Service Book at music.cph.org/lutheran-service-book/related-products and the LSB Companion to the Hymns at cph.org/p-33586-lutheran-service-book-companion-to-the-hymns-2-volume-set.aspx. Find more research at hymnary.org and tips at music.cph.org/blog/diy-hymnology-research-tips-for-studying-hymns.

Rev. Dr. Jon Vieker, Senior Assistant to the President of the LCMS, joins Andy and Sarah to explore our rich hymnody for the season of Christmas! Today, we learn about Lutheran Service Book 372, "O Jesus Christ, Thy manger is."Find your edition of the Lutheran Service Book at music.cph.org/lutheran-service-book/related-products and the LSB Companion to the Hymns at cph.org/p-33586-lutheran-service-book-companion-to-the-hymns-2-volume-set.aspx. Find more research at hymnary.org and tips at music.cph.org/blog/diy-hymnology-research-tips-for-studying-hymns.

Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, Admission Counselor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and host of KFUO Radio's Cross Defense, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about life as an Admissions Counselor at CTSFW, his (maybe crazy) idea to visit all 6000 congregations in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, what he's looking for to in this uber LCMS travel vlog project, and what he hopes to learn at each congregation.Find all of Pastor Bramwell's vlogs on YouTube at youtube.com/c/tyrelbramwell, and find him on social at instagram.com/tyrelbramwell and facebook.com/TyrelBramwell. St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Taken by Rev. Tyrel Bramwell at the beginning of his #SeeTheSynod tour. Used with permission.

Rev. Merritt Demski, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Illinois, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about season two of The Mandalorian, including the connection between this series from Disney+ and other shows in the Star Wars universe, themes that are present throughout the series, and what we can gain from this from a Christian worldview.

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about roadblocks to identity like isolation from people and spiritual platitudes, what happens when we try to use social media to determine our identities, and how our communities around us help to shape those identities.Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT! Find all episode with the tag "Mental Health Monday." View Deaconess Heidi's Mental Health Playlist on Youtube and find all of her writings at heidigoehmann.com.

Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor, The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the December issue of the Lutheran Witness titled "God Comes for Scallywags," all about what the lineage and genealogy of Christ means for us today. Follow along and search the Scriptures with us! Find online exclusives of the Lutheran Witness at witness.lcms.org and subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness.