Category: Pastoral Theology
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Book Review: Remove the Pews
“Contrary to the trend among some to sell off or completely redo sacred spaces, Schaper insists that they have deep roots in neighborhoods, in families, in peoples hearts even if they do not regularly attend services in them.”
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If I Summoned Him and He Answered Me …
What if we too were allowed to ask, accuse, even bring charges against God? Allowed to do so in court and receive a different answer than Job? To bring a more comprehensive indictment than theological expertise has long considered conceivable?
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Make Disciples (not liturgical ministers?)
What does this have to do with liturgists and liturgical musicians? When I look back at a lot of parish ministry, I remember so little of my work as a music and liturgy director was about formation. It was mostly about recruiting people.
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Book Review: Losing Church
“A perceptive and personal account of what has happened in the country and in the church as well as in our families and circles of friends in the past two years.”
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One Flock, Walking Together
“When I join a communion procession, do I engage in this action as though I were a customer in line at a supermarket or an amusement park?”
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Brief Book Review: Turn to the Lord
“DeLorenzo asks us to take sacramental preparation out of the classroom and into more intimate and personal faith formation groups.”
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My Jesus Tastes Like Hand Sanitizer
I don’t know about you, but when I get that sniff of hand sanitizer right before Eucharistic reception, my Jesus pretty much tastes like Purell.
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Symbolic Dissonance
This sanctuary is decorated for Lent. I don’t think we’re even ready for a “blue-ish” purple vs. “red-ish” purple conversation here.
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Outdoor Liturgy: Covid Option or Natural Setting?
For close to two years worshiping communities have had to adapt, cancel, or shift their central act of gathering as the Body of Christ to worship the living God. The collective groans over the most recent round of omicron-inspired restrictions have been met with resignation and exhaustion in many parishes, as well as reports of…