Showing posts with label liturgy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liturgy. Show all posts
Sunday, October 09, 2016

Order of Confession

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P: If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. C: Create in me a clean heart, ...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

The LORD be with you: Blessing, promise, and the Savior

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The LORD be with you. And also with you.  These words are familiar to Christians who worship with the ancient liturgical words passed dow...
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Saturday, March 03, 2012

Blessing the Wine: An ancient Jewish tradition sheds light on Jesus' last supper

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Many Christian churches still follow the ancient practice of blessing the wine for communion. We trace our practice back to what Jesus did w...
Sunday, May 08, 2011

Confirmation questions - and a liturgy responsive for confirmation

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Today was a big day in my daughter's religious education: along with the rest of her confirmation class, she answered a series of questi...
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Sunday, March 06, 2011

Order of Worship from Romans: Orders of Confession

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Paul's letter to the Romans has a lot of good material for framing a worship service more directly from Scripture. Here are two orders o...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Follow me (dismissal for an order of worship)

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Here are some new worship materials. I suppose these would best suit the dismissal portion of an order of worship. Here I have three version...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Holy, holy, holy: How ancient is that song?

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I have one more note in the series on holiness, a comment on the praise of God's holiness in the ancient song "Holy, Holy, Holy...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Notes on the order of service from the letters to Corinth

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This order of worship is more open for everyone to participate than typical orders of worship. The main portion of the worship is invitation...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Order of worship from the Letters to the Corinthians

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Last summer I mentioned a long-term project of mine: orders of worship in which every word closely tracks Scripture. The goal goes beyond qu...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Liturgy: Ash Wednesday

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For the imposition of ashes. The penitent kneels. The leader makes the sign of the cross on the penitent's forehead with ashes, saying: ...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Notes on the Liturgy of the Gospel of Matthew

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In compiling this order of service, I kept the liturgical format because it sticks so close to Scripture and makes a conscious effort to enc...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Liturgy of the Gospel of Matthew, with Scripture citations

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This summer I mentioned a long-term project of mine: liturgies in which every word closely tracks Scripture. Here is the first real mileston...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Liturgy of Luke: prefaces to the readings

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Here is my first draft of the prefaces for the readings for the Liturgy of the Gospel of Luke: Preface to Moses, the prophets, or the Psalms...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Liturgy of Luke: Confessions and Absolutions

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Here is my first draft of different invitations to confession, confessions, and absolutions from the Gospel of Luke. As the Gospel of Luke i...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Liturgy of Matthew: Prefaces to the readings

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Here is my first draft of the prefaces for the readings for the Liturgy of the Gospel of Matthew: Preface to the full set of readings: Man d...
Sunday, June 07, 2009

Liturgy of Matthew: Seasonals

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Here is my first draft of the seasonal sentences for the Liturgy of the Gospel of Matthew: Advent: Mary shall bring forth a son, and he shal...
Thursday, June 04, 2009

Liturgy and the Gospel of Matthew

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I have a slow-going pet project: reworking the ancient liturgies in their familiar formats, but making them 100% from Scripture: every word,...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Comparing Liturgies

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This is in response to Jeff's call for posts for the Christian Reconciliation Carnival. For those considering entering, please submit y...
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Sunday, August 03, 2008

Scripture and the Liturgy (or: Why I am pro-liturgy)

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From time to time I hear people from non-liturgical churches speaking of how unScriptural it is to have a liturgy. Nothing could be further ...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Reconciliation and Liturgical Time

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The current Christian Reconciliation Carnival's topic, proposed by our kindly host , is: How are divergent or competing understandings o...