David Fitch excels in raising issues that need to be thought about, and has done so again with When Liturgy Goes Bad: Constantinian Liturgy in a Post-Constantinian World.
I am certainly someone who has been attracted to liturgy because of the emotionalism inherent within a non-liturgical free church tradition, where spontaneity bears a burden larger than I […]
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Today marks the beginning of a new year for the Church. The Church Year begins every year at Advent, as we enter into the drama of expectation and longing for the coming of the Messiah. I think that a very healthy step for all non-liturgical Christians to take would be to begin observing the Church […]
Time continues to beat on, not respecting my desire for things to be under my control. I just worked my last day of work for the summer, and I’m moving into school mode. I’m not sure that I’m ready for this, but it will mercilessly come anyways.
But I’m not completely done working. The end of summer […]
There’s been a convergence for me as of late. The idea of liturgy sounds increasingly more attractive all of the time as I navigate various shades of disillusionment with typical evangelical expressions of the church gathered.
I remember a few years ago being perplexed by all of the younger adults moving from the Vineyard church I was […]
This past Sunday (which also happened to be Christmas Eve), I attended an Alliance church in Brandon with my in-laws. It was a pretty nice church, with attempts made at contemporary worship singing, a gregarious pastor and nice but not ostentatious building. And yet, there was much there that I felt weird about. Here is […]
I got to WCV on Saturday night, ready to join in the worship watch leading up to Easter Sunday. I found Nathan C. playing his djembe on the back steps, interceding for the working girls.
I joined Nathan in the rhythm of prayer and play.
Just like our hands, the passage of time became blurry.
A new friend hobbled up and, […]
