By Chaplain Mike. Many of us in our Christian traditions learned to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on a day — Easter Sunday. Easter is the great Lord’s Day, the climax of Holy Week, the high point of the Christian Year, marked by an explosion of color, wafting fragrance of lilies, majestic sounds of organ and baroqueContinue reading “Easter Is a Season, Not a Day”
Category Archives: Evangelical Liturgy
Form for Confession in Lent
Last night in our Ash Wednesday service we used the Litany of Penitence from the Book of Common Prayer. I was impressed with it, as a comprehensive form for confessing our sins before God. I plan on using it throughout the Lenten season in my daily prayers. Perhaps it can be useful to you asContinue reading “Form for Confession in Lent”
Instructed Anglican Eucharist
From our friends at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, FL, here is another of their excellent teaching videos. In this one, Father Michael Petty leads a class on the meaning of the Eucharist in the Anglican liturgy. St. Peter’s also makes notes available to use while watching. Download notes here. (MOD: With regard toContinue reading “Instructed Anglican Eucharist”
Redeeming a Dirty Word
Today’s post is by guest blogger, Chaplain Mike Those of you with sensitive ears, cover them for a moment. I’m about to utter a dirty word. OBLIGATION. Let me give you another one. DUTY. I confess to being partially accountable for the fact that these are dirty words to many today, for I grew upContinue reading “Redeeming a Dirty Word”
Reminder & Review: Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy & Worship
Since our posts and comments have referred a lot to liturgy lately, I thought it might be good to revisit a nice little tool to help people understand various aspects of liturgical worship. Our first look at this book can be found here. Today, we have a another look and review from Patrick Kyle ofContinue reading “Reminder & Review: Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy & Worship”
The Evangelical Liturgy 23: The Postlude
I’ve served at two churches with exceptional pipe organs and organists. Some of my best memories of worship are about the postlude. The last amen had sounded, the congregation was leaving the worship space and the organist, with the help of Bach, was taking the roof off the building. I absolutely soaked it in. CouldContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 23: The Postlude”
The Evangelical Liturgy 22: The Benediction
We’re nearing the end of this series. I’m very honored by all of you who have stayed along for the entire ride. I hope that someone has given consideration to the lost glory of the Protestant liturgical tradition and the many wonderful Biblical, Gospel and ecumenical connections that are possible in re-establishing some form ofContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 22: The Benediction”
Recommendation and Review: Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship by Brett Scott Provance
I used to look at the big Dictionaries of Liturgy and wonder if they were worth all that money. I held onto my dollars and spent years not knowing what a collect was. You don’t have to live in this kind of humiliation. IVP has published the Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship by BrettContinue reading “Recommendation and Review: Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship by Brett Scott Provance”
The Evangelical Liturgy 21: The Invitation
For our liturgical friends looking in on this series, the public invitation will be a strange animal indeed, conjuring images of the sawdust trail and weeping sinners pleading at the foot of a stage while an evangelist urges them to pray through. In fact the invitation is simply a portion of the service where worshipersContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 21: The Invitation”
The Evangelical Liturgy 20: Silence
Silence has been banished from most contemporary worship as if it were an outright evil, yet what modern worship consumer is not likely to come back from a monastic retreat saying “I loved the silence?” The Protestant liturgy has no tradition of silence, but periods of silence have often been incorporated into Protestant worship. ForContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 20: Silence”
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