Category: Lutheran Worship

  • “Christ our Mother” Benediction

    If you are in the Lutheran world and use Sundays and Seasons resources, you probably have noted the blessing/benediction prescribed…

  • Why do we have three extra services during Holy Week?

    Every year during Holy Week, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter (falling on March 24-31 this year), we hold three…

  • Environmental Projection

    I’ve been experimenting with some simple environmental projection at our Wednesday evening Taize services at Faith. Opposite of the screen…

  • Ashes to Ashes

    “Images from the Ash Wednesday liturgy are spoken over bodies not only in church buildings at the beginning of Lent…

  • Evaluating Worship

    (HT: Lester Ruth and Dean McIntyre from whom I borrowed) (Download: EVALUATING WORSHIP Questionnaire) Worship is always being evaluated. Although it…

  • All Are Saints

      All Saints’ Day is a widely celebrated event in the Christian world. In the Roman Catholic Church it is…

  • Song Story – "Be A Blessing"

    On Saturday, August 25 the Faith Alive! Band went on a one-day retreat. The Band spent the whole day at…

  • Narrative Worship Script

    During the month of August at Faith Lutheran Church, we are in a message series called “Some Assembly Required” (borrowed…

  • There Is a Balm in Gilead

    One of my favorite hymns is “There Is a Balm in Gilead.” There is a depth to this hymn that…

  • "Let Us Break Bread Together" sung by Desi Lancaster

    Here is a track I recently recorded with my friend, and one of my favorite singers, Desi Lancaster (@Dexxie35). It…