There is a certain poetry today. Today, we get two resurrections, Jesus and baseball both come back to life on April 5th this year. We want Jesus’ resurrection to be big, like a Cardinals’ World Series. We want fireworks like when Yadi hits a home run at Busch Stadium. But what strikes me about theContinueContinue reading “Easter Sermon: Life wins, quietly”
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Liturgy for Lent: Moments of Transition
Mike: Let’s turn for a moment from Eucharist. I think we’ll still do a supplemental post on Eucharistic prayers, but I want to talk about the other moments in the prayer book. If you look at the order of the services in the prayer book, there’s a sense of order that emerges. After the dailyContinueContinue reading “Liturgy for Lent: Moments of Transition”
Liturgy for Lent: The Eucharist: Too Much Structure?
Mike: We talked in the last post about the WHY of Eucharist. Now I think we should talk about the HOW. You’ve expressed to me a discomfort with how much structure we have. I think we need structure. I think it helps sometimes to think of liturgies like poetry. Different kinds of poetry have differentContinueContinue reading “Liturgy for Lent: The Eucharist: Too Much Structure?”
Liturgy for Lent: Explaining the Pieces of The Daily Office (Supplemental Post)
Jason: Our conversation regarding prayer in the liturgical tradition went a bit longer than we anticipated. We felt there were some things we’d leave out if we kept the schedule we set in our initial post. Mike: In the previous posts, we decided not to break down each and every part of the Services ofContinueContinue reading “Liturgy for Lent: Explaining the Pieces of The Daily Office (Supplemental Post)”
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