I, or at least my subconscious, is mightily struggling across this desert-sea of worship-less existence.
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Category: Pastoral Theology
Brief Book Review: Church as Dynamic Life-System
David Stosur reviews Joseph A. Bracken’s Church as Dynamic Life-System
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Wash Your Hands!
Can our hand-washing become sacramental?
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Liturgies of Lament
As this pandemic drags on, I find that moments of hope and gratitude are interspersed with times of deep grief and frustration. At one level,
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Clericalism and the Pandemic
As any diocesan director of worship knows, there has been much to navigate during this distorting period in human history. At the center of concerns
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Liturgy and COVID-19
What does it mean to be a people who must exist—even temporarily—without the day of the Lord?
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The Yale ISM Review: On Healing
What is healing about? How does it take place? What roles do prayer, liturgy, and the arts play in the process of healing? These are some of the questions raised and discussed in this issue.
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Thanksgiving: A Prayer & Litany
God, thank you, for the gift of long friendship.
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Female Altar Servers? Acolytes? East and West
One of the most debated liturgical practice and pastoral issues of our day is the opening of formal roles for women and girls in the liturgical assembly…
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The Female Diaconate: Issues East and West—Part 2
Does ordaining women to the diaconate automatically mean that women could be ordained to the Priesthood (i.e. the Presbyterate)?
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