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, …
Support Needed for Churches, Families in Texas
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Written on September 19th, 2008
Filed under: Dangerous Worship, Local Church, News
Tags: News
Filed under: Dangerous Worship, Local Church, News
Tags: News
anti-excellence
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Written on September 18th, 2008
Filed under: Articles, Formation, Vocation and Call
Tags: excellence
Filed under: Articles, Formation, Vocation and Call
Tags: excellence
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 …
Yahweh?
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Written on September 17th, 2008
Filed under: Articles, Bible, Liturgy, Theology
Tags: CT, language, Liturgy, names of God, Scripture
Filed under: Articles, Bible, Liturgy, Theology
Tags: CT, language, Liturgy, names of God, Scripture
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 …
Now in Orbit
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Written on September 16th, 2008
Filed under: Music, Network, News, Style of Worship, Theology, Video
Tags: cartoon, facebook, Jesus, satire, Video
Filed under: Music, Network, News, Style of Worship, Theology, Video
Tags: cartoon, facebook, Jesus, satire, Video
- Those of you familiar with the work of Bob Stromberg will appreciate this cartoon.
- We started a facebook group called Worship Connect.
- Krys Van Slyke and Matt Nightingale recommend this video. Well, “recommend” may the wrong word. Warning: Satire
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Floods and Favor
Hillsong Encounter with Songwriter Fraud
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Written on September 12th, 2008
Filed under: Ethics, Leadership, News
Tags: hillsong, song
Filed under: Ethics, Leadership, News
Tags: hillsong, song
Possibly you heard about this when it happened. I didn’t. Bryce and Jessica, worship leaders at Crossroads, just told me about it this week. You can watch the story on YouTube, or read about it here. The song in …
Singers and Musicians? Welcome to My Bad Side.
I keep telling myself this is a little thing, but in fact, it has reaching implications.
I can’t stand it when anyone in the church refers to “singers and musicians” — as if singing well does not require the same …
Gifted to Lead 2
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Written on September 10th, 2008
Filed under: Books, Gender, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Tags: Books, Gender, Leadership, review
Filed under: Books, Gender, Leadership, Vocation and Call
Tags: Books, Gender, Leadership, review
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
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 …
Real Worship or Pseudo Event?
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Written on September 6th, 2008
Filed under: Events, Leadership, Liturgy
Tags: event, order, real, worship
Filed under: Events, Leadership, Liturgy
Tags: event, order, real, worship
Sometimes I refer to the weekly Christian gathering as a “worship event.” I do this to distinguish our gatherings from the larger action we simply call “worship.” Since worship is the giving of whole persons to the love and service …
