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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 books or resources would you point them to?

I think the best primer on liturgy and the church calendar is Kimberlee Conway Ireton’sThe Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year. Bobby Gross’s Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God is also helpful. The Ancient Practices Series that Thomas Nelson put out a few years ago is also a great resource (especially Scot McKnight’s book, Fasting). I think participation is the best way to introduce yourself to liturgy in personal devotion, so grabbing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer or The Glenstal Book of Prayer is the best way. There are great resources for whatever faith stream or tradition you are in, and I would encourage wide reading across denominational boundaries. Because really, that’s the best part of starting to bring liturgy into your worship: liturgy is the foundation of every shoot and branch of the Christian faith, and once you start internalizing the rhythm of a thousand plus year old Christian spirituality you can start seeing how the unique aspects of a denomination’s way of doing prayer or Communion is connected to the core liturgy that makes up the Christian faith.

You can read more contributor spotlights here.