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Showing posts with label 40.Worship.Ritual.Liturgy. Show all posts
2025-04-14

The Seasons of the Church Year Visualized

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In the Church, the yearly rhythm of the  Liturgical Year or Christian Calendar takes us through two broad movements, as God the Father works...
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2022-09-17

Seven Tips on Leading Camp Songs in School Chapel

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So, you have gone on retreat, or to camp, and you have had an amazing experience of God, and now you want to share that with your local cong...
2022-06-29

So-called Empty Rituals

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In the Episcopal Church we have a bunch of rituals, such as standing, sitting, bowing, crossing, eating little white wafers, and everyone dr...
2022-06-28

Should Holy Communion be open or closed?

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One of the hottest debates of the Episcopal General Convention this year is the subject of “Open” versus “Closed” Communion. The battle li...
2020-06-01

Worship is God's Love embodied

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I encourage you, brothers and sisters, through the deep compassion of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to ...
2020-03-21

The Sacrament of Imagination

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An abnormal Sunday approaches When Church pews normally filled Lie dormant and desolate As the faithful search for ways To fill the v...
2019-04-15

A Prayer for Notre Dame

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I want to say something that could easily come off as flip or snide or holier than thou. So I want to preface it by saying that I struggl...
2018-12-19

Why is the Pope "changing" the Lord's Prayer?

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Recently, a very thoughtful Roman Catholic student of mine asked me the following questions: "What do you think about the changes [i...
2018-02-07

God, Gender, and Washington Episcopalians

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Recently the Episcopal Diocese of Washington passed a resolution about gendered language and God, and the internet, predictably, went cr...
2018-02-06

The Lombardi Trophy and American Civil Religion

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This Sunday I was fascinated by the presentation of the Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl, and how it becomes the final sacrament at one...
2017-12-17

An Eagle Scout Prayer

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Today I was honored to pray at another Eagle Scout ceremony. In 18 years of full time Church ministry, I have had at least one Eagle Scou...
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2017-03-11

Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: How the liturgy shaped the worldview of early Christians

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A 2004 paper written for the History of Christian Doctrine, exploring the extent to which ancient liturgies both express early Christian the...
2013-12-14

A Christmas Blessing

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I gave this blessing at our wonderful TMI choir and band concert, right before we sang silent night. I liked it so I thought I would share:...
2013-11-22

On gods and Aesthetics, Psalms and Theosis

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Happy heavenly birthday Jack! Pray for us down here! Today in honor of the 50th anniversary of CS Lewis' transposition from earthly...
2013-03-30

On Ritual and Relationship

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Recently, I taught in chapel on the Story of Mary and Martha, in which Jesus ends by helping Martha to re-focus her perspective to see th...
2012-09-30

Great Quote on Worship

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"For worshipping God is not telling some very powerful, invisible person how good he is, in the hope that he will pat you on the hea...
2012-07-14

On Tebowish PDRAs

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In a recent editorial at Religion News Service, Michael Medved argues for religious acceptance of the public prayer-gestures offered by reli...
2009-11-06

Contemporary Worship, Pop Culture, and Traditional Critique

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Over the years I have found that I stand in a somewhat odd mediatorial role between those who love Contemporary worship styles, and those w...
2009-06-24

A Litany to Pray Upon the Reading of Church Blogs

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Rubric: This Litany will help after reading Church blogs and news websites who capitalize and sensationalize schism and heresy in the Churc...
2007-01-25

Should Christians use images?

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Today one of my college students sent me this question: _________________________________ Hey... got a question for ya, I'll try to ke...