Fifth Posting from Germany Trip

The entrance to Luther's and Katie's house.

Luther's house.

The very pulpit Luther preached from over 2000 times.

The "table talk" table in Luther's very living room.

Visited Leipzig today. It's the place where Luther debated Eck in 1519. It's also the place where Luther, Melanchthon, Bugenhagen and Justus Jonus had that pre-Augsburg conference. Today we visited St Thomas in Leipzig where Bach was the choir master for 27 years. Heard a concert of Bach organ music and the Leipzig boys choir. It was amazing to think how Bach heard the same sounds of music (boys choir) in exactly the same space.

The organ I saw and heard today was played by Mozart and Mendelssohn. That very organ was not yet created when Bach lived.

Tomorrow we worship at the Castle church (95 theses) and will see Luther's tomb. Again this trip is amazing. Thanks for sending us.