Tag: 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…

  • Philosophy of Worship, part 4

    4. Worship should employ a wide range of styles. There are as many styles of worship as there are tastes…

  • Philosophy of Worship, part 3

    3. Worship should seek diversity and encourage it. God is diverse in taste. God loves spicy Latin worship. God loves…

  • 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,…