“The combination of passivity, consuming, quality, and place has combined to help the phenomenon of the “destination church” emerge.”
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“The combination of passivity, consuming, quality, and place has combined to help the phenomenon of the “destination church” emerge.”
Read more“… this is what I call the ‘pasta’ approach to hymn tunes: that, by and large, the tunes don’t contribute all that much, since it is the text that provides the real flavor, the ‘sauce’ of the hymn.”
Read more“I increasingly believe our Christ-clothing needs to be stored right next to the play clothes and the work/chore clothes.”
Read more“When we objectify human persons, we limit them unnecessarily, and we also impoverish our own opportunities to come to know them more deeply, thoroughly, and wholly […] how much more is this true when we are speaking of the Word-made-Flesh, made truly and substantially present again in the sacrament?”
Read moreIn this book, Reverend Craig Mueller is at once shepherd, mentor, companion, teacher, referee, and something of a Sherpa.
Read more“The organ in worship is the sign of Baal.”
Read moreWe always overlook scripture at our own peril. Perhaps it would be to our benefit to be informed by the texts of the entrance antiphons and their psalms as well as those of the Lectionary when doing our music planning, and realize we don’t always have to be driven only by the Lectionary texts.
Read more“Indeed, that is the charm about Christ, when all is said: he is just like a work of art. He does not really teach one anything, but by being brought into his presence, one becomes something.”
Read moreOn this feast of the archangels perhaps it would be more fruitful to set aside some silent space—today may be the day when God has sent a messenger.
Read more“Religion guides all the processes in our lives, without us even knowing it. It is true that religion has a very important role in my composition, but how it really works, I am not able to describe.”
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