worship

Hymns, Hymnody, and Hymnals: Five Significant Trends

Hymns, Hymnody, and Hymnals: Five Significant Trends

Are the worship wars over? While the answer is not definitive, we see signs that the post-quarantine world may include an unexpected benefit: worship wars are waning. While our evidence is anecdotal at this point, it is still worth looking at five sign…

Do All Abraham’s Children Worship Abraham’s God?

Do All Abraham’s Children Worship Abraham’s God?

Pastor-scholar Tony Richie says there is no Jewish-Christian-Muslim God. Nor is there a simple answer to the “Same God” question. When people realize I participate in interreligious dialogue and cooperative efforts they often ask me some version of the question in the main title of this post.[1] If I manage to mention that I have […]

Do All Abraham’s Children Worship Abraham’s God?

Stop Beginning Worship with Boring Announcements

Jason Moore says churches should stop beginning their worship with boring announcements and instead give worshipers an overview of what’s coming and why it matters to them. Announcements can be reframed as action steps flowing from the theme of the ser…

Andrew Wilson: Spirit and Sacrament

Andrew Wilson: Spirit and Sacrament

Andrew Wilson, Spirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 140 pages, ISBN 9780310534675. Andrew Wilson has written a highly readable, engaging volume seeking the integration of the streams that are regularly treated as contrastive: sacrament and Spirit. It is not that these are actually contrastive, but too many folks […]

Going Deeper in Worship 3

Going Deeper in Worship 3

In this video, I share about the third stage of worship–the deepest and highest experiences of worship in the Holy of Holies–the Holiest Place…

Going Deeper in Worship 2

Going Deeper in Worship 2

Do you desire to go deeper and higher in your worship of God our Father and Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? This video…

Going Deeper: 3 Stages of Worship

Going Deeper: 3 Stages of Worship

Some people try to rush into the presence of God, but pressing into intimacy in God’s presence flows through three stages based on tabernacle…