Jill Crainshaw, Author at PrayTellBlog

Jill Crainshaw is the Blackburn Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, N.C. She loves to write and is the author of several books, including a collection of poetry. Her most recent publication is When I in Awesome Wonder: Liturgy Distilled from Everyday Life (Liturgical Press, 2018). Jill's personal blog can be found on her website, jillcrainshaw.com.

Some Stones, a Little Oil, and a Good Night’s Sleep

September 13, 2021 Jill Crainshaw 5_

I teach worship and liturgical theology at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. After many months of “Zoom worship,” we returned to our beloved chapel

“Words Are Turtles”: Some thoughts for a new season of teaching worship

January 30, 2021 Jill Crainshaw

A new semester has begun! As a teacher this semester, I am excited about reading the written work of my students. I know from past

Rock Us into Joy

December 9, 2020 Jill Crainshaw

Virtual worship. What an unusual and intriguing phrase, one that has made its way into my everyday vocabulary. Covid-19 has not been able to stop

Catching the Light

December 1, 2020 Jill Crainshaw

. . . and the stars will be falling from heaven. MARK 13:25 Apocalyptic stars make a grand appearance in the lectionary texts for

And also with you: A Liturgical Spirituality of Radical Peace-Sharing

November 6, 2020 Jill Crainshaw

The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. Never before has the radical and prophetic power of these liturgical words struck me

Unmute Yourself: The Prophetic Call of Zoom Worship Rubrics

October 25, 2020 Jill Crainshaw Technology and Worship

“Unmute yourself.” “Be sure to mute yourself.” These phrases have become common pandemic parlance. We might even say they have become ritual rubrics, of a