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July 2010
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Colleagues,...
So What About Now-- Lectionary Planning/Preaching or Series Planning/Preaching? (Part 1 here) Both. But perhaps each or some mixture of each in different ways with different kinds ...
Colleagues, If you seek to follow the advice for worship planning and preaching "out there" in current publications, much of it seems to fall into two mutually exclusive camps, eac...
Colleagues,It's back...that strange, geeky and still unlabeled network diagram. I'm keeping it out there on purpose... and I've made it smaller on purpose-- I want you to see it, b...
June 2010
Jun
Colleagues,Leave it to a liturgy geek-- or maybe just a geek-- to come up with a weird, unlabeled diagram with far too many connections and implications to explain in a single blog...
Companions,He may have a face that only a German sociologist's mother can love, but let me introduce those of you who may not recognize him to the bust of Ferdinand Tönnies (with t...
Colleagues, The first of my posts in this series was essentially about putting my cards on the table, being clear about the ways my own experience and study of worship in a variety...
Colleagues, In preparing a sermon based on the gospel lesson in the lectionary this week (Luke 9:51-62) I found myself pondering anew the call of Jesus and the sort of things it ta...
For the Celebration of the Appointment of a Deacon in a Local Congregation By Colleen P. GilraneNote: The following is intended to be used by congregations who are welcoming commis...
Kevin Watson is a United Methodist elder who is working on a Ph.D. at Perkins School of Theology. He is the author of an excellent book about the General Rules titled Blueprint for...
Colleagues, In the course of my work with GBOD, I've been asked on several occasions to do workshops and presentations on "Passionate Worship." While I always give credit to Bishop...
Companions,Those of us in the northern hemisphere who use the Revised Common Lectionary for worship planning and study in our settings are now in the midst of a "summer of prophets...
Historic Question #5: Are you resolved to devote yourself wholly to God and God’s work?...
Companions, Recently, Daniel Schultz, aka pastordan, one of the regular contributors to Religion Dispatches offered a link to the Church Marketing Sucks website. It's worth a look-...
May 2010
May
“Therefore … work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:1...
April 2010
Apr
Companions,...
Companions, By now, many of you may have seen the UMNS news story highlighting the work of the recent (April 6-8, 2010) meeting of the "Call to Action Committee." If not, go read t...
Have you faith in Christ? Are you going on to perfection? Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life? The third of Wesley’s historic questions for leaders really puts us...
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