I remember having to memorize Luther's Small Catechism as a child in Sunday School. "Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy." I wasn't really sure what might be involved in Sabbath keeping. As far as I was concerned, it meant going to Sunday School, and then church, where the organist would play hymns that I would sing to, and the minister would speak while my eyes wandered over the stained glass windows and the painting of Jesus walking on water that rose above the alter. Organ music, singing, and listening to a speaker in a special building: that was the Sabbath.
So when I saw that the photo prompt for March 9 was Sabbath, and I realized I was attending a pipe organ concert the night before, I knew I had my image. There's something so special about classical organ music. It feels holy and sacred to me. I'm not sure if it's just because organs and churches are often paired, if it's just my childhood memories of organ music every Sunday, or because many of the most powerful organ pieces were written especially for church ceremonies. But the organ carries a little of the Sabbath with it for me.
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