It was a lab for what we do and what we believe about death and liturgy, and an incredibly confusing one at that.
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Author: Lizette Larson
Ritually Responding to Disaster: Reporting from the Canadian National Worship Conference
What have churches learned from the expanding ritual repertoire of disaster response?
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Inculturation and imagination: the aesthetics of liturgical formation
I kept thinking I would hear Cree music; what I heard were Protestant hymns sung in Swampy Cree, N-dialect.
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At odds with ourselves: the calendrical conflicts of bi-ritual ecclesial communities
Many parishes have one Sunday liturgy using the prayer book, and the others using the newer resources.
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Standing together: the solidarity of prayer
I am not attempting to erase differences between Christianity and Islam or even advocate for interreligious prayer, but I find it helpful to reflect on how a visual and kinesthetic practice embodying an Islamic lex orandi lex credendi may function as a call to reflection on Christian liturgy and the importance of solidarity in body as well as spirit.
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Proclaiming the Word – in many ways!
Is there ‘a’ right way to proclaim the Scriptures?
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Saints Alive: The Tensions in Sanctoral Cycle Reforms
What makes a saint – is it nice thoughts, acts of social justice, successful church plants, miracles wrought after death?
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Doing Liturgical Formation
The children burn palms to make ashes, have instruction and conversation on the meaning of ashes, of Lent, and of preparing (exercising their spiritual muscles) to get ready for Easter.
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Ecumenism in Person
There is always an ecumenical energy that alternatingly baffles, engages, entertains, or inspires…
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Let’s Try Forty Days of Christmas!
A new sadness has crept in – Christmas music in Advent, and no music in Christmas season.
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