https://soundcloud.com/holy-communion-ucity/david-goliath-and-emanuel-church-1?in=holy-communion-ucity/sets/sermons Usually I start out my sermon trying to make you laugh. I’m not going to do that today. Usually, I think it’s good to laugh during a sermon. There’s a lot of grace in laughter, and, God knows, we could all use a little more grace these days. But I can’t start with laughterContinueContinue reading “David, Goliath, and Emanuel Church”
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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)”
Liturgy for Lent: The Daily Office
Mike: The Dean of my seminary, Ian Markham, used to tell a story about one of his former students, a Muslim woman studying at Hartford seminary. She asked him, “when do Christians pray?” As a practicing Muslim, she prayed salat five times a day, pausing in the midst of her work or play to kneel downContinueContinue reading “Liturgy for Lent: The Daily Office “
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