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"Designed to the Inheritance of Jesus" blog entry from Coop's Column.
Asking good questions helps congregations move worship forward. They move from the language of preference to the language of full, active, conscious participation in worship.
One of my former pastors told me that in his -then- 27 years of ministry in five different congregations he had met only two persons-an elderly wife and husband-who lived in daily excitement at the fact that Jesus shall come again. At every day's beginning they exclaimed to each other, "This could be the day! Let's be ready to greet our Lord!"
“Worship leaders have a responsibility to teach by conversational example so that they move people beyond likes and preferences,” says Joyce Ann Zimmerman, who founded the Institute for Liturgical Ministry to help form ministers in the liturgical life of the Roman Catholic Church.
Conversation with Swee Hong Lim on Asian Christian worship practices
A list of songs to shape the Easter season.
Andrew Donaldson, Toronto, Ontario shares his reflection on "The Church of All Ages"
A reflection from Mark Neleson, Zeeland, Michigan on "The Church of All Ages"
Mery Elder, Fredericktown, Ohio, reflects on "The Church of All Ages"
A reflection from Karen Bables, Holland, Michigan on he book "The Church of all Ages"
Conversation with Carrie Steenwyk on Fourth Century Christian worship
Change is always happening in the church, whether we like it or not! The challenge for leaders is to manage that change in ways that lead to greater health in their congregations, rather than conflict and discontent.
