Do you or key leaders in your church allow critical church members to dominate decisions? Well, there’s good reason for that dynamic– reasons that pertain to you, the key leaders and the critical party.
I just finished an excellent web …
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John and Charles Wesley
March 3, the Church recognizes and remembers the work of John and Charles Wesley.
I first encountered Charles Wesley while delivering newspapers when I was 12. It was a cold winter morning, still dark. I was out, alone, crunching …
Midwinter 2009 Worship 3
We had fun planning and leading the Midwinter and Connection worship. Here, on the blog, we’ll post the orders of worship and links to resources and photos. Special thanks to Mike Nyman who took pictures all week, and generously gave …
Midwinter 2009 Worship 2
We had fun planning and leading the Midwinter and Connection worship. Here, on the blog, we’ll post the orders of worship and links to resources and photos. Special thanks to Mike Nyman who took pictures all week, and generously gave …
The Great Emergence
Eugene Cho interviewed Phyllis Tickle at Midwinter Conference. What do you think? Are we in the ‘Great Emergence?’ Are you glad? Or sad? Why so?
You can order Phyllis’ entire Midwinter talk.
Midwinter 2009 Worship 1
We had fun planning and leading the Midwinter Conference worship experiences– Connection worship too. So here, on the blog, we’ll post the orders of worship and links to resources and photos. It may take a few days to get it …
Good, Bad and Ugly Songs
Written on February 14th, 2009 by Katherine Martinez
Categories: Core Values, Liturgy, Music, Songwriting
Categories: Core Values, Liturgy, Music, Songwriting
John Stackhouse took Chris Tomlin to task. This week, Stackhouse posted a detailed critique of Tomlin’s Praise the Father, Praise the Son underscored by a general concern about the quality of the sounds and lyrics we foist upon people in …
Photo Exhibit at NPU
CHICAGO, IL (January 20, 2009) – Living in Chicago has given photographers Eric Staswick and Lucas Larson, both of whom grew up in Evangelical Covenant Church congregations, a unique opportunity to work on an upcoming exhibit that highlights the community …
Dreadful Meeting
Don Johnson posted something on the dreadful “meeting.” His prompt was a NY Times article on the same topic.
Ever hear that joke: We don’t need a watch for this meeting; We need a calendar. ?
As leaders, especially church …
Pray this Week (on call)
As used in The Divine Hours and The BCP:
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the
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