Nathan Grime

Nathan is the Assistant Head of School at Cedar Classical Academy, a K–12 Christian school in Lansing, Michigan. He studied organ performance as an undergraduate student and has served at Lutheran parishes in Hillsdale and Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is also the organist at St. Peter Lutheran Church in St. Johns, Michigan and is currently pursuing his Masters in Classical Education Leadership at Hillsdale College. Nathan and his wife, Claire, live in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Music of the Month: For Faith, We Praise You, Lord

Nathan Grime
September 10, 2019

Commissioned for the 150th anniversary of Concordia Publishing House on September 11, 2019, pastor and hymnwriter Stephen P. Starke, and Kevin J. Hildebrand, kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, have produced For Faith, We Praise You, Lord, a sturdy hymn written to the tune VERITY.

The five-stanza hymn is scored for SATB choir, congregation, organ, and trumpet. The hymn charts the Christian life lived in faith, from birth in Holy Baptism, to the altar at the Lord’s Supper, and into the harvest field as workers in God’s earthly kingdom. The post below showcases each stanza of this hymn along with explanations and reflections on the lyrics.

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Hymn of the Month: One Thing’s Needful

Nathan Grime
July 9, 2019

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How the Season after Pentecost Illustrates the Life of the Church

Nathan Grime
June 18, 2019

After the festivals of Pentecost and the Holy Trinity, the Church begins its longest yet perhaps least-celebrated season of the Church Year: the season after Pentecost. What comes at the end of the post-Pentecost calendar is not one of the Church’s grand festivals, but rather, a reminder that the end times are near. In this way, the season after Pentecost reflects the Church’s life as faithful members in Christ.

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