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Ephesians 5:18-21

"Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ."

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6 days ago3 min read

Church Visit: Oak Chapel

I never got the chance to write about the small country church I have been serving at for the past semester. Last Spring, I was asked by...

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Dec 62 min read

Church Visit: First Reformed Church

Early in the semester, my university’s chorale went to Michigan. While we were there, we sang at a Reformed Church, and this was my first...

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Nov 263 min read

Formative Art in Spaces

As we have been learning in Theology of Worship class, worship and art in worship is formative. Not just the songs we sing but also the...

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Nov 192 min read

Art Forming our Worldview

In the next chapter of Glimpses of the New Creation , Taylor starts to dig in more specifically to the arts in worship. He explains how...

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Nov 142 min read

Starting “Glimpses of the New Creation”

We are beginning our final book for the Theology of Worship course, Glimpses of the New Creation , by W. David O. Taylor. In the first...

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Nov 123 min read

Worship that Nourishes

We started this week by reading a chapter from Robert E. Webber’s The Divine Embrace . The title of this chapter was Life Together ,...

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Nov 91 min read

Nairobi Statement Reflection

This week we read the Nairobi Statement of worship and culture. This statement is a result of the international gathering of the Lutheran...

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Nov 52 min read

Reflection on Body of Praise

Last night, I finished the book A Body of Praise , and reflecting on my reading of it, I did not expect this book to be so rich and full...

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Nov 12 min read

A Body of Praise, Chapter 9

“Truly, I saw to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40. This is how Jesus says we...

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Oct 293 min read

Our Senses in Worship

I really loved what Taylor had to offer in these next two chapters of A Body of Praise . He focused on the senses in worship, the ones...

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Oct 253 min read

Misconceptions from Scripture to Culture about our Bodies

In chapters 5 and 6 from A Body of Praise , Taylor begins to explore commonly taught practices, thoughts, and beliefs about worship. He...

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Oct 183 min read

Our Bodies are Actually Good

In our continuation of reading A Body of Praise, Taylor expands his discussion of the body’s connection to worship. While he has already...

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Oct 182 min read

Do Our Bodies Matter in Worship?

We’re in our next book for Theology of Worship, A Body of Praise by David O. Taylor. In the first two chapters he gives the premise of...

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Oct 32 min read

Eucharist and Eschatology

Continuing in reading A More Profound Alleluia , we reach a concept that I’m not sure I have spent much cognitive, intentional,...

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Sep 263 min read

Revelation and Christology

I was really blessed by this chapter we just read from A More Profound Alleluia by Leanne Van Dyk. This chapter was all about the...

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Sep 243 min read

What does sin do to our worship?

In this collection of writings from A More Profound Alleluia, we read from many theologians and worship experts. In our last reading,...

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Sep 192 min read

Order of Service inspired by A More Profound Alleluia

We read the introduction and first chapter from John D. Witvliet’s book A More Profound Alleluia. In which, he discusses the structure...

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Sep 174 min read

The Trinity in Worship

This chapter focused on the Trinitarian nature of God and how we encounter the Trinity in worship, how worship forms our theology of the...

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Sep 112 min read

Dyrness Chapter 3

Dyrness continues to explore the historical influence of how worship has affected our theology, and what he calls style and spirituality,...

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Sep 53 min read

A Primer on Christian Worship: Worship and Art

In the second chapter of his book, Dyrness challenges us to look back at worship’s history in order to see its impact, power, structure,...

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