I love Glennon Melton’s use of theological language to talk about the experience of parenting, and I also think it’s relevant to my experiences of liturgy. Last semester in one of my classes we discussed the fact that liturgical discipline includes worshiping when we’re not worshipful, in hope that (to use Glennon’s words) kairos will explode out of our ordinary experience of chronos.
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Carpe Kairos
Jan 18
In El Sistema method of music education, students attend regular school and also receive daily music education.
Hymns for a lifetime
Jul 24
At Knollwood Baptist Church, the memorization of 60 hymns equips the young with a repertoire of theological language to express themselves with through high and low moments of their life.
The National Catholic Register has interviewed Bishop Aquila to shed some light on the topic of “restored order” for the sacraments of initiation.
He knows what he’s doing
Jul 10
Thomas finds mass particularly trying these days, and we rarely set off without him explaining to us (not terribly politely) that he does not want to go. This morning, we were taking my dad and stepbrother with us. My stepbrother had already figured out that Thomas has a tendency to get into trouble, and when we walked into the church and Thomas headed for the font, Uncle Q quite reasonably guessed that pools full of water were a terrible temptation for mischievious four-year-olds.
Representatives of seven congregations from around the United States will join in the “Congregations Project” of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Their names and projects have been announced.
Jacob and Isabella kept their spots as the most popular baby names in 2010 while Elvis has left the crib, according to a list released Thursday.
“Religious names have endured – and even received a new twist. Nevaeh, which is ‘heaven’ spelled backward, debuted in 2001 at No. 266. It is now more popular than ever, reaching No. 25 in 2010. Heaven, by the way, dropped 52 spots to No. 324.”
Did you know that these childrens’ eucharistic prayers have the acclamation “Christ has died” … in a Latin dynamic equivalence translation of the English??
Our first two posts on teaching liturgy concerned college and graduate school. This one looks at the challenge and opportunity of teaching liturgy to children and youth. Featured in this post: Catherine Maresca, Dave Ceasar Dela Cruz, CCS, and Rita Burns Senseman.
While we were pondering the fine points of liturgical celebration…