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Psalm 23 (part 2)

Written on May 7th, 2009 by
Categories: Church Year, Formation, The Psalms

James Limburg has a wonderful commentary on the Psalms. The following reflections about the original Hebrew text come from Limburg’s comments.

At the center of Psalm 23 is a most encouraging phrase: for you are with me. Limburg notes …

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Psalm 23 (part 1)

Written on April 27th, 2009 by
Categories: Church Year, Formation, Scripture, The Psalms

I notice Psalm 23 is the lectionary text for Sunday, May 3. For whatever reason, I’ve come closer to this Psalm in the past year. I’ve been speaking it and praying it almost daily, and I’ve come to experience the …

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On the Church Year

Written on April 23rd, 2009 by
Categories: Church Year, Culture

Jay Phelan, president of North Park Theological Seminary, sends out an electronic newsletter. In his last letter, he reflected on the Church Year, secular holidays and how these days drive our decisions in worship. You might enjoy his reflection, …

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Participation

Written on April 23rd, 2009 by
Categories: Articles, Dangerous Worship, Formation, Holy Week

In my years as a worship leader, and in hearing the stories of hundreds of pastors and worship leaders, I understand that most preachers and worship leaders want one thing more than anything else in worship: We want people to

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Visual Devos for Holy Week

Written on April 2nd, 2009 by
Categories: Formation, Holy Week, Lent, Uncategorized

As we turn the corner into Palm Sunday and Holy Week, I must confess, my mind is elsewhere– literally. I’m sitting in the airport in Zurich, just about ready to board the plane for Rome. My daughter, Sarah, is studying …

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Lent: No Easy Easter

Written on March 22nd, 2009 by
Categories: Formation, Lent

CHICAGO, IL (March 20, 2009) – John Weborg is Professor Emeritus of Theology at North Park Theological Seminary and a longtime columnist for The Covenant Companion. Each week during Lent, we are sharing one of his columns that originally

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Student Work and Worship Weekend

Written on March 19th, 2009 by
Categories: Events

BERLIN, CT (March 17, 2009) – Registration is open for the East Coast Conference pre-CHIC Work & Worship weekend in Berlin to be held May 1-2.

Read the rest of this Cov. News Story.

Learn more about CHIC 2009.…

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Bringing my World to Christ

Written on March 16th, 2009 by
Categories: Missional, Order of Worship

Yesterday was Bringing my World to Christ Sunday— as encouraged by the ECC. We’re wondering if your church participated. If so, how did you incorporate BMWTC into weekend worship? What was the sum and substance of your participation?

Interesting. …

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Song Review: Mighty to Save

Written on March 13th, 2009 by
Categories: Music, Resources for Worship, Songwriting, Theology

I mentioned earlier this week how the phrase “mighty to save” caught my eye in the Prayer for the Week. Maybe you want to weigh in on the merits (or demerits) of said-song.

First the info: Mighty to Save

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Mighty to Save: a song and a prayer

Written on March 9th, 2009 by
Categories: Liturgy, Music, Prayer, Resources for Worship

Yesterday, I encountered this Prayer for the Week:

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan:

Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptation; and, as you know the weaknesses

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