Baptist By Default
Getting back to the “Journey Through The Faith” series, I will be sharing several reflections from my college faith experience before moving on to post-college years. One of the more mature decisions an eighteen year…
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The Secret to Communing with God During an RV Fire
Your heart is still before God. You are meditating, in prayer, focused on your Creator. Then, out of the corner of your eye, you see it. People are running on the highway, cars are stopped.…
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I’m in the FaithVillage Contributor Spotlight!
This week I am in Faithvillage‘s Contributor Spotlight. They asked me several questions about the blog and about the work I do at IJM. Here’s a sample: If someone is just beginning to introduce liturgy into their worship, what…
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4 Concepts Back To The Future Teaches Us About Worship
Marty: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don’t have enough road to get up to 88. Doc. Brown: Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. Probably due to the fact that you watched…
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What Hath Love to Do With Liturgy and Unity?
In the introduction to this five-part series, I noted that I’m adopting Charles Van Engen’s ‘reinterpreted’ historical marks of the Church – Unifying, Sanctifying, Reconciling, and Proclaiming – to discuss them under the banner of liturgy.…
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Pray As You Go
One of the worship tools I have really enjoyed for a long time is Pray As You Go, an Ignatian prayer resource. Each day you are led into a time of prayer and meditation with a…
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Writing Update: You Are More Than Your Resume
Taking a step into a life advice column, my latest article at Relevant is “You Are More Than Your Resume.” An excerpt: We find ourselves…asking: How is that person on the fancy sheet of paper and the person…
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O Antiphons: Prayers for the Advent Season
Have you ever tried to do something without preparing? Could you imagine going on a weekend backpack without planning the route or packing a backpack? Going out on in a boat on a lake all…
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Writing Update: What Church History Taught Me About Christmas
Christmas is really two holidays. The Christmas we see in stores and on TV, the Christmas of our culture, and the Christmas that Christ followers participate in. The lines get blurred sometimes, and they have…
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After Nine Years, A New Chapter
Everyday Liturgy started out as an idea of how to channel the experience I had in my challenging undergrad courses on this new thing called blogging, way back in 2006. Nine years and over 1,200…