Tag: God

  • True Spirituality

    (Reflection from the Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost) Psalm 15:1-2: LORD, who may dwell in your tabernacle? Who may abide upon…

  • Philosophy of Worship, part 2

    2. Worship should seek to glorify God – not us. Worship that glorifies us sounds like this: The worship was ok today,…

  • Philosophy of Worship, part 1

    When I was in seminary, I took a course called “Philosophy of Worship.” The course project was to compose a…

  • Experiencing God in Worship

    How do you experience God in worship? Is it a feeling? Is it an attitude? Is it a thought? Does…

  • Worship Breathes

    One could picture the fourfold model of worship as a pattern of inhalation and exhalation. As we gather together as…

  • Worship Does God's Story

    (from the August 2011 Mountain Mover Newsletter at Faith Lutheran Church) Every time the church gathers together for worship it…

  • What if God is not who we thought?

    Excerpt from Easter sermon by Nadia Bolz-Weber: Once upon a time, the God of the Universe was basically fed up…

  • Why do we sing hymns?

    First we should settle on a definition of what a “hymn” is. For some it’s already a loaded term. But…