This collection represents scholarship from a variety of denominations and “churchmanships” and shows the remarkable points of convergence in the theologies of liturgy.
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Category: Protestant Worship
Book Review: Losing Church
“A perceptive and personal account of what has happened in the country and in the church as well as in our families and circles of friends in the past two years.”
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Brief Book Review: Evangelical Worship: An American Mosaic
“Ross’s ethnographic work on addresses a significant gap of ‘on the ground’ research in the larger field of liturgical and worship studies.”
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Brief Book Review: Beyond Four Walls
Richard Geoffrey Leggett reviews Beyond Four Walls.
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Brief Book Review: Connections Worship Companion, Year C Volume 1: Advent through Pentecost
David Wesson reviews Connections Worship Companion, Year C, Volume 1: Advent through Pentecost.
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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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A New Inclusive Marriage Service
Those who marry are called to a way of life “marked by grace, fidelity, and mutual respect.”
Read moreIs This The Most Significant Local Church Building Project in a Generation?
A $81 million United Methodist Church with sacramental architecture, finished ahead of schedule…..
Read moreWreath of Christ
The small circlet of beads, worn on the wrist or carried in a pocket, becomes a memento of the sacred mysteries of life which he or she has considered in a personal and prayerful way.
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?
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