Time and space are hallmarks in African American worship. The people gather to receive the Word and Sacrament. Movement from Khronos time (human time) to Kyros time (God time) occurs.

Is hand clapping appropriate for liturgy?

Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.

A promise and a noble commission.

With his death we come to the end of an era of the great post-Vatican II liturgical pioneers.

This is an articulate and wise theological reflection, the second in a trilogy Root has planned. It is often a very moving, thoughtful contemplation of ministry in a time where God seems unnecessary for many, when only the empirical is thought truthful and when truth itself has become questionable on the public stage.