I’m in the Lord’s Army
As a follow up to my last post on the theological messages we send children, I wanted to post the lyrics to a common children’s church song. I recently stumbled upon the fact that there are actually...
View ArticleSinging Theology
So earlier today I was doing that whole sing/dance/abandon all dignity thing with Aidan in the nearly futile attempt to entertain him (i.e. keep him from screaming). The iPod was in and I was going...
View ArticleLiturgy
Recently a conversation has developed in a post from last fall, Vespers at the Orthodox Church, on the purpose of liturgy and worship. I know very little about liturgy and barely understand what I do...
View ArticleThe Missional Church and Worship
So while at Urbana, I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on “The Missional Church and Worship.” I didn’t know much about it going into the discussion, and I quickly discovered...
View ArticleWorship and Justice
In light of my recent post on mission and worship, I was fascinated to read this post over at the God’s Politics blog and wanted to repost it here. Duane Shank writes – I’ve long been interested in...
View ArticleExperiencing Eucharist
as written for the Christian Century Blog – I grew up attending Bible and Baptist churches; now I generally identify with the emerging church. So I’ve had quite a learning curve at the Episcopal...
View ArticleMary’s Grammar
as posted at The Christian Century blog – The final exam in my theology class surprised me. Instead of complex essay questions, there was one simple question: defend the grammar of the Magnificat. How...
View ArticleHe Has No Power?
At a conference I attended recently we sang a worship song one evening with the repeated refrain “He has no power.” The song was a South African freedom song and the cantor explained that the “he” in...
View ArticleWorship and the Other
In my ethics class in seminary we’ve been discussing the problems of race and racism and the challenge of respecting the dignity of the other. As part of that discussion, my professor mentioned that...
View ArticleWorship Confession
I was annoyed with the worship wars back in the 90s. All too often they boiled down to younger people demanding that church be done in a language they understood and older people demanding that since...
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