Hey all.
I’m taking a trip to Germany October 3-18. While I’m away, our friends Jelani Greenidge and Don Johnson will be blogging here.
Jelani and Don are certifiable savants. And I trust this blog will become popular in …
Posts by katie:
Worship and Politics
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 …
Dangerous Congregations
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 …
More on The Turn
Written on September 25th, 2008 by Katherine Martinez
Categories: Church History, Church Year, Culture, Style of Worship
Categories: Church History, Church Year, Culture, Style of Worship
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 …
Worship and Congregational Vocation
Written on September 23rd, 2008 by Katherine Martinez
Categories: Articles, Missional, Style of Worship
Categories: Articles, Missional, Style of Worship
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 …
Liturgical Turn?
Written on September 22nd, 2008 by Katherine Martinez
Categories: Church History, Church Year, Liturgy, Style of Worship, Theology
Categories: Church History, Church Year, Liturgy, Style of Worship, Theology
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?
Written on September 19th, 2008 by Katherine Martinez
Categories: Articles, Style of Worship, Visual Arts
Categories: Articles, Style of Worship, Visual Arts
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 …
Gifted to Lead 2
Written on September 10th, 2008 by Katherine Martinez
Categories: Books, Gender, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Categories: Books, Gender, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Check out part 2 of a book discussion over at Jesus Creed: The book is Gifted to Lead, by Nancy Beach. Here’s a bit from the discussion/review today:
At the same time we feel the pressure to perform
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Gifted to Lead 1
Written on September 8th, 2008 by Katherine Martinez
Categories: Books, Gender, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Categories: Books, Gender, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Nancy Beach has been a true help to the church at large– teaching us about the power of creativity and the value of collaborative leadership in the worship planning process.
Now she has a new book, Gifted to Lead: The …
