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Category Archives: worship
Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff, No. 5
We continue the “Ten Best Ways to Ruin Your Church Staff” to avoid for those pastoral leaders who want to keep and develop quality staff ministry colleagues, (For those pastors who want to get rid of troubling church staff, then … Continue reading
Posted in congregational life, leadership, personal growth, second chair, worship
Tagged clergy, Israel Galindo, leadership, worship
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Pentecost Prayer 2009
I was asked to offer the Prayers of the People this Pentecost Sunday. At my former church I regularly gave the Pastoral Prayer in the worship service. As a matter of course a pastoral staff member led in that prayer … Continue reading
Posted in bible, congregational life, liturgical seasons, Prayer, worship
Tagged church calendar, Israel Galindo, pentecost, worship
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What I’d look for in a church
I recently attended a denominational meeting where my I.D. badge noted the name of the church of which I’m a member. That information triggered a conversation when someone reading the name of the church asked me how I liked my … Continue reading
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If I only had the nerve…
If I only had the nerve… I would lead a children’s time where I would tell the children to come to the chancel, as I normally do. Then I would tell them, “You know I really have to use the … Continue reading
Happiness is overrated and unproductive
During the J-term course on systems theory I made a passing comment in class about the current use of antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications (over)prescribed in our culture. It was made during a moment of rabbit-chasing while we were talking about … Continue reading
Posted in bowen family systems theory, personal growth, worship
Tagged art, depression, Israel Galindo, worship
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Book reviews: Thielen and Langford on worship
For some of us who have been following with interest the “worship wars†of the past decades, there seems to be a tangible waning of the passions that fed the rhetoric. Arguably, the worship wars are over, all that is … Continue reading
Coming into the Life of the Body
In many ways my native language has always been dance. I moved stories before I told them in words, heard music most clearly when it flowed through my body and out again into the waiting space. In secret my deepest prayers … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Education, congregational life, teaching, theology, Uncategorized, worship
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Higher Ground
Although I no longer serve as pastor of a congregation, invitations to preach come my way from time to time. The latest instance was yesterday when I helped a Presbyterian congregation surprise their pastor with the opportunity to worship among … Continue reading
Posted in bible, Christian Education, congregational life, sermons, Sunday school, teaching, Uncategorized, vocation, worship
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Educating Nomads
One of those “Aha!†moments came to me twenty-some years ago while staring at the blank computer screen where Sunday’s sermon should have been making its appearance. Unfortunately, my thoughts were elsewhere; I had been dealing with the parent of … Continue reading
Posted in children, Christian Education, congregational life, discipleship, leadership, Sunday school, worship
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Things that would cause me to walk out on worship
Due warning: this is a rant of uncommon impatience. Now that I’m on the other side of the pulpit, in the pews as part of the congregation, I find that my impatience with “bad worship†has increased. This summer I … Continue reading
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