Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy ( Read more... )

There was a beer commercial fairly recently which used the phrase "good as cold ever tasted". Critics pointed out that "cold is not a flavour." I think I could make a similar statement about why praise band style "contemporary" worship does not appeal to me: "loud" is not a melody ( Read more... )

One things that semi-often frustrates me is when I hear a tune I know, but can't place. I had that experience on Sunday.

theagentx and I were up visiting his grandmother for Easter and we went to the Easter morning service at the Anglican church in town. Generally I find that I have trouble following half of what's going on in an Anglican service (what ( Read more... )

"The heart of the battle over worship is this: our worship practices are separated from our call to justice and, worse, foster the self-indulgent tendencies of our culture rather than nurturing the self-sacrificing life of the kingdom of God."

"The fallout of false worship distorts our sense of God, ourselves and others, leading to injustice and ( Read more... )

This morning I went to St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Kitchener. It was the first time I had visited that particular congregation and I found myself comfortable there in a lot of ways ( Read more... )