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Recently Published: Renewing God's People
A series of four books -- one "how to" book and three books of renewal
sermons -- designed to assist in the renewal of parishes. Paperback and
Kindle.
Discernment Basics for
Call Committees and Church Councils
For Call Committees and Church Councils/Boards, this is a short article on
the basics of the discernment process.
Five Devotions on
Discernment
These devotions can be used by Committees, Councils/Boards, and
organizations of the church, or other small group settings.
Your Will Be Done: Does Our
Language Follow Our Prayer?
This article addresses how we can make use of discernment language in
church business meetings to discern and follow more effectively the will
of God.
Discerning God's Will: A
Group Spiritual Process
Introduction and Schedule for a Day of Discernment that draws on
scripture, ancient and modern spiritual sages and group process for
engaging an entire church in seeking God's will. See also
an Article on the day
as it worked in one church in Florida, as well as two sermons that I
have preached in conjunction with these events:
The Spirit Descending
and
Does God Speak Anymore?
What Do You Bring to Worship?
A short article about the active participation of the person in worship.
Worship Workshop Schedule
See a typical schedule with links to lectures that I use when doing a day
long Worship Workshop for parishes seeking worship renewal. This one
from fall 2000.
Why Do We Worship? What Is
Worship?
Good for worship committees, assisting ministers (deacons), church
councils, altar guilds, any interested group. Bible foundations, plus
origins and development of worship in the Christian Church.
Key Bible Passages on
Worship
Great Handout for study about worship.
Official Responses to BEM &
Eucharist Every Sunday
A short compilation of official denominational responses to the proposal
in Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry (BEM) for Eucharist Every Sunday.
Most interesting.
Is There Room in the Church
for Private Confession?
Or, Who Lost the Key to the Office? A Historical-Theology Review
presented at a ministerium study.
Ritual & Symbol in Worship
The human race is a remembering people, who instantly define symbol and
ritual as soon as some event of great impact, be it catastrophe or utter
joy. Witness the symbols and rituals that accompanied the Sydney
Olympics and the 2000 Political Party Conventions. People are moved,
and then they are moved to remember, and remembering in many cases is
passed down through the generations. This lecture from fall 2000
explores the roots and importance of symbol and ritual in all aspects of
our lives.
Renewing Congregations:
Worship as Key Ingredient
Congregations that are redeveloping and renewing themselves are often
swayed by the idea that worship must cater to those who do not know of
Christian ways. Then what of the people of God? Where shall they
worship and remember their baptisms, their history, their traditions,
namely all that Christian worship tradition through the ages has brought
to those being saved in nurturing them along their pathways? Worship is
indeed a key ingredient to the lives of the faithful. This lecture from
1998 explores how one plans worship for both believers and non-believers
to nurture both in faith and love.
Options for the Communion Liturgy
(Roman Rite)
This is a simple handout that I have used in many places that essentially
outlines the Roman Rite and shows where seasonal substitutions and
variations for the liturgy can occur while being true to the traditions
of the Church. Updated to include Evangelical Lutheran Worship
as well as Lutheran Book of Worship.
A Lenten Retreat: the
History and Traditions of Lent
A complete Schedule and Lecture notes for a Saturday retreat I did for a
parish in Lafayette, Indiana.
Who Will Console Us?
An article from the St. Petersburg Times about the work I do
in creating worship responses to various situations, here focusing on
the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. .