I loved reading this article. The love was made to flourish in my entire life. The love came with a blessing of growing up as a Missouri Synod child in the parochial LCMS schools. We not only had a wonderful teacher/principal and church organist, Mr Becker we were introduced to memorizing hymns that we sang in church worship and at funerals of our church family. I still love to sing them and when one comes up in worship. I can close the book and still sing the words. Our school music was from "Music Reader for Lutheran Schools circa 5th edition 1944. That and my 1944 Lutheran Hymnal are still opened and bless me. Joyfully---