Published on
July 15, 2025
Video length
60 mins

This vesper service offers a journey through the psalms in a jazz style. Music is adapted from the album Connexion: A Jazz Psalter, produced by Wally Brath. Brath (piano), Nikki Lerner (voice), Greg Tardy, (saxophone, clarinet), and a Calvin University chamber orchestra lead the congregation through God’s story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, exploring the full emotional depth of the psalms. The jazz-inspired soundtrack offers rich musical expression that complements the divine poetry.

This service was originally recorded at the 2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

Service Leaders 

Rob Linton, David Lerner, Greg Tardy, Maria Stapert Vanden Berg, Nikki Lerner, Shana Brath, Lisa Meyer, Kate Snow, and Wally Brath

Songs  

“Psalm 96” 
Text: Psalm 96; New Genevan Psalter © 1972, 2007 William Helder  
Music: Wally Brath © 2023 Wally Brath Music 
Used by permission of Wally Brath.

“Psalm 8”  
Text: Psalm 8; English Standard Version Bible © 2002 Crossway  
Music: Wally Brath © 2023 Wally Brath Music 
Used by permission of Wally Brath.

“Psalm 13” 
Text: Psalm 13; versified, Isaac Watts 
Music: Wally Brath © 2023 Wally Brath Music  
Used by permission of Wally Brath.

“Psalm 90” 
Text: Psalm 90; Christian Standard Bible © 2017 Holman Bible Publishers  
Music: Wally Brath © 2023 Wally Brath Music 
Used by permission of Wally Brath.

“Psalm 4” 
Text: Psalm 4; New Genevan Psalter © 1980, 2017 William Helder  
Music: Wally Brath © 2023 Wally Brath Music 
Used by permission of Wally Brath.

“Psalm 142”  
Text: Clarence P. Walhout, 1982 © 1987 Faith Alive Christian Resources  
Music: Walker’s Southern Harmony; arr. Wally Brath © 2023 Wally Brath Music  
Used by permission of Wally Brath and under CCLI #400063.  

“Psalm 23” 
Text and Music: Nikki Lerner; arr. Wally Brath © 2015 Nikki Lerner Music  
Used by permission of Nikki Lerner.

“Psalm 126”  
Text: Michael Morgan © 1999, 2011 Michael Morgan, admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources; refrain Wally Brath © 2023 Wally Brath Music 
Music: HITIKVAH; traditional Hebrew melody; refrain and arr. Wally Brath © Wally Brath Music  
Used by permission of Wally Brath and under CCLI #400063.

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