Peter Rehwaldt
Peter is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with a PhD in Worship, the Arts, and Proclamation from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA, where his work focused on a multigenerational understanding of rite, hymnody, and preaching. He served for six years as the Director for Research of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, was on the Hymn Editorial Panel for the ELCA's 2006 hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, and currently resides in Lee's Summit, MO (part of metro Kansas City). He has taught and spoken in various settings on preaching, liturgy, hymnody, and the multigenerational nature of the church.
Posts by Peter Rehwaldt:
Good Friday, the Child Abuse Scandal, and The Long Dark Winter’s Night
Monday, March 25th, 2013Tags: Alaska, child abuse, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, Fairbanks AK, five stages of loss, Good Friday, Henry Nouwen, Long Dark Winter's Night, Philip Bergquist, sexual abuse crisis, winter, wounded healer
Posted in Art and Architecture, Liturgical Spirituality, Liturgical year, Ordained Ministry, Recently Published Books | 9 Comments
How a Lutheran Cardinal-Elector Might Vote
Sunday, March 10th, 2013Tags: abuse scandal, Albino Luciani, Basil Hume, child sexual abuse, conversation, George Lindbeck, Illustrissimi, Joan Chittister, liturgy, Lukas Vischer, Lutheran, Oscar Cullmann, Papal Transition, Pope John Paul I, Thomas Doyle, Vatican II
Posted in Ecumenism, Translation / New Missal, Vatican II | 6 Comments
A Gift from the Danish West Indies to New Jersey and New York
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012Tags: Danish West Indies, disasters, ELCA, Emile Valdemar Lose, Hurricane Sandy, Lutheran, Lutheran Manual of Hymns Liturgy and Prayers, New Jersey, New York, Prayer, This Far By Faith
Posted in Inculturation, Lutheran Liturgy | 2 Comments
A Reformation Meditation for Those Who Shape Worship
Thursday, October 25th, 2012Tags: A Mighty Fortress, CDW, God of Jacob, ICEL, Martin Luther, National Liturgical Conference, People's Mass Book, Psalm 46, reform of the reform, The Book of Catholic Worship, The English Liturgy Hymnal, Translation, USCCB, Vatican II, Vox Clara
Posted in Art and Architecture, Church Reform, Lutheran Liturgy, Music: Hymns, Reform of the Reform, Translation / New Missal, Vatican II | 1 Comment
The Preaching of the Sisters
Friday, April 27th, 2012Tags: LCWR, nuns
Posted in Art and Architecture, Teaching Liturgy | 42 Comments
Holy Week Is for Children
Thursday, March 29th, 2012Tags: Holy Week
Posted in Children, Liturgical Spirituality, Liturgical year | 7 Comments