Here are abstracts from the January issue of Worship as well as the list of books that were reviewed. For more information on Worship, or to
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Update: Deaconesses in Alexandria
Five deaconesses consecrated.
Read moreOn science and the sacred
What does dust have to do with the sacramental world of the liturgy? Maybe science can tell us.
If scientific language feels irreverent and laughable in our prayer, it might be because it isn’t our native language as it is the scientists of the Vatican Observatory. But then we have a problem….
Why religion needs sacred song
“Sacred song is one of the most social aspects of religious practice. But it is also an intimate embodied experience.”
Read moreAnointing of the Sick and Consumerism
Last fall, I offered a reflection on anointing of the sick. Here, I follow up with some additional reflection on anointing in a secularized society characterized by consumerism.
Read moreSocial media, anti-social behavior, and the Body
We believe in an incarnate God, held and touched and seen face-to-face by Joseph, Mary, and Simeon. Our prayer tradition, founded on that enfleshed God, may suffer when its members are physically severed from one another.
Read morePresbyterian Minister to Conduct Program on the Liturgy of the Hours
The program appears to be designed to reach out to members of churches that do not currently pray the Hours but would like to introduce the practice.
Read moreFruit of the Vine or Cup of Devils?
Some creative communion stewards chose to make their own unfermented sacramental wine. One recipe called for adding a pound of hand-squashed raisin pulp—dried grapes—to a quart of boiling water. Later in the process, the “winemaker” was to add an egg white. Doesn’t that sound delicious?
Read moreEucharist, Prayer, and Protest
America magazine reports that approximately 550 people gathered on Sunday to celebrate Mass in Lafayette Square, near the White House, in order to show solidarity with immigrants and refugees affected by President Trump’s recent Executive Order.
Read morePray Tell begs to differ
“Dynamic equivalence is outmoded” – True or False?
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