This weekend, I got to spend a lot of time with a friend (my beer brewing buddy, Ted) while both of our wives were away. Saturday night we saw a movie, and last night (Sunday night) we went to an organ recital by Paul Jacobs. It was a great concert---the audience was so thrilled with him that there were three encores. You can listen to an interview of him with some great examples of his playing here: "St. Paul Sunday": Paul Jacobs.

All of the pieces he played were awesome, but the first encore particularly stuck out to me. One reason is because he played a second piece by Bach (there was one earlier, in the main performance), and when he introduced it he said that Bach is the "alpha and omega of music." There are a number of clues that indicate to me that Jacobs is a practicing Christian, including this statement. But, I liked that statement in part because I've always liked Bach, even since the time when I was a little kid. I remember being told that Bach's music was "mathematical," which I think that I could understand a little bit. Later on, around the time when I became a Lutheran, I learned that Bach was considered the "greatest Lutheran composer ever" whose music often is still used in churches. You can read more about Bach here: "J. S. Bach: Orthodox Lutheran Theologian?". The particular piece that Jacobs played was so joyful that I think that the music of the Resurrection on the Last Day will probably sound like it. 

From "St. Matthew's Passion" by J.S. Bach: