Archive for September, 2008

Worship and Politics

3 comments Written on September 29th, 2008     
Filed under: Culture, Leadership, Local Church

At Crossroads (my home church), worship and politics just don’t mix, unless they are Kingdom politics. Period. Red and blue politics won’t find a place in worship. We don’t host voter registration, make announcements about voting issues, remind people to …

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Dangerous Congregations

Post a Comment » Written on September 29th, 2008     
Filed under: Dangerous Worship

We’ve added a category on this blog called “Dangerous Worship.” Obviously, I ripped it from the title of Mark Labberton’s book, The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice.

We’ll try to keep you posted on the …

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More on The Turn

7 comments Written on September 25th, 2008     
Filed under: Church History, Church Year, Culture, Style of Worship
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This morning, Scot McKnight suggests we respond to the liturgical turn among low church evangelicals, and he offers some particulars in his third post on this topic. 

Scot thinks, as do I, that this trend is not an invitation …

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Worship and Congregational Vocation

1 Comment » Written on September 23rd, 2008     
Filed under: Articles, Missional, Style of Worship
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A newly posted article from the Alban Institute gets to the heart of a matter. If you believe weekend worship is linked to church growth and mission, has the power to attract or repel people and you dislike anything that …

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Liturgical Turn?

6 comments Written on September 22nd, 2008     
Filed under: Church History, Church Year, Liturgy, Style of Worship, Theology
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Are churches becoming more liturgical? Check out these reports.

Today, Scot McKnight is talking about college students converting from evangelicalism to other traditions. He asks:

What is going on? There is a rise, a burgeoning rise, of young college

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School, mall or prison?

5 comments Written on September 19th, 2008     
Filed under: Articles, Style of Worship, Visual Arts
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I knew it! The unchurched do not prefer secular looking church buildings to sacred looking church buildings. In fact, according to a survey (and who can argue with a survey?) non church goers would prefer to attend church in …

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Support Needed for Churches, Families in Texas

Post a Comment » Written on September 19th, 2008     
Filed under: Dangerous Worship, Local Church, News
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TULSA, OK (September 18, 2008) – Garth Bolinder, superintendent of the Midsouth Conference, is appealing to members of Evangelical Covenant churches across the country to donate relief funds to help pay for basic necessities in the Houston area and Beaumont, …

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anti-excellence

2 comments Written on September 18th, 2008     
Filed under: Articles, Formation, Vocation and Call
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This article first appeared in Reality Magazine, August/September 2001. Mark Pierson

I’m anti excellence. I’m anti excellence in church life and I’m particularly anti excellence in worship. It’s not a popular opinion to express in some churches today. In fact …

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Yahweh?

4 comments Written on September 17th, 2008     
Filed under: Articles, Bible, Liturgy, Theology
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According to this article on the Christianity Today website the Vatican
has ruled that the word “Yahweh” should no longer be used in worship in
Roman Catholic churches.  The reason for this ruling is the longstanding
Jewish practice of not …

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Now in Orbit

2 comments Written on September 16th, 2008     
Filed under: Music, Network, News, Style of Worship, Theology, Video
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  1. Those of you familiar with the work of Bob Stromberg will appreciate this cartoon.
  2. We started a facebook group called Worship Connect.
  3. Krys Van Slyke and Matt Nightingale recommend this video.  Well, “recommend” may the wrong word. Warning: Satire

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