Contents
NURTURING SPIRIT THROUGH SONG
The Life of Mark K. Oyer

Edited by Rebecca Slough and Shirley Sprunger King


Contributors ix

Photographs xi

Sometimes a Light Surprises
An Introduction to the Projec

Preface xv

A Chronology of the Life of Mary K. Oyer xxvi

Love Him in the World of the Flesh
Part 1: Essays on the Life of Mary K. Oye

1 Let the Sound Run through You 3
Rachel Waltner Goossen

2 Following the Way, Seeking the Truth,

Loving the Life 24
Rebecca Slough

Ways of Looking
Part 2: Encounters in the Life of Mary K. Oye

3 Teaching a Way to Learn 95
James Miller

4 Remaining Open to Change 97
J. Harold Moyer

5 An Instructor Inside and Outside the Classroom 101
Robert L. Weaver

6 Lessons for Life 105
Philip K. Clemens

7 Passion Cultivated 109
John Enz

8 A Mentor for Future Teachers 111
E. Douglas Bomberger

9 A Legacy of Lifelong Learning 116
Jean Ngoya Kidula

10 A Model of Solicitude for Authentic Existence 121
Justus M. Ogembo

11 An Exceptional Colleague and Friend 129
Luzili R. Mulindi-King

12 Making Music with Mary in Nairobi 135
Julia Moss

13 A Professor Who Performs Pastoral Ministry 137
Lu Chen-Tiong

Ah! Bright Wings
Part 3: Selected Writings from the Life of Mary K. Oye

14 A Philosophy of the Use of Music in Mennonite Meetings 143

15 A Christian View of the Fine Arts 160

16 The Church’s Responsibility for Artistic Discrimination 175

17 Questions That Arise with the Consideration of Instruments in Mennonite Worship 179

18 The Life and Method of Music 182

19 Cultural Problems in the Production of Mennonite Hymnal 186

20 Evolving African Hymnody 197

21 On the Table of Contents of a Hymnal 211

22 "Ah, Holy Jesus" and herzliebster jesu 214

23 "Veni, Sancte Spiritus" 218

24 "The Strife Is O’er" 222

25 "Ye Servants of God" 226

26 Nurturing Spirit through Song 230

27 Two Centuries of American Mennonite Hymn Singing 235

A Joyful Song I’ll Raise
Bibliography of Works by and about Mary K. Oye

Works by Mary K. Oyer 257
compiled by Mary Swartley
with annotations by Rebecca Slough

Works about Mary K. Oyer 269
compiled by Mary Swartley
with annotations by Rebecca Slough


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09/16/06