Category: Worship Design
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An Apology for the Art in #ELCAcwa Worship
Many following the #ELCAcwa this year have seen the image being discussed and heard the apology offered by Bishop-Elect Strickland.…
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How do we make worship contextual?
If you were to visit a church in North America today, chances are you would be faced with a choice:…
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Weekly Worship Thought – The Crisis of Worship
In his book, Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative, Robert Webber identifies three crises facing worship today (p. 90-91): The…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Taxonomy of Contemporary Worship
I’m convinced that labeling worship isn’t helpful. It puts our gatherings in boxes that they aren’t meant to be in.…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Easter Vigil Recap
Faith Lutheran Church began to hold the Easter Vigil in 2012. Some of our long-term members can recall gathering for…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Breaking Down for Lent
Lent begins this year on March 1 with Ash Wednesday. I have begun to think about all the possibilities of…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Counter-cultural Worship
You probably see the same things on social media that I see. Ever increasingly, when it comes time to compose…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Confession
One of the elements of worship at The Gathering will change this week. It is the Prayer of Confession that…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Patriotic Music
This weekend is the Memorial Day holiday. Every once in a while someone will ask why we don’t sing patriotic…
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Weekly Worship Thought – Worship and Culture
One of the projects I’m currently working on is a fresh, practical application of the Nairobi Statement on Worship and…
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