Worship

Blog Get Out!
- By Ronnie McBrayer
- Posted on January 3rd, 2013
Churches are peculiar places. I’ve had the opportunity to serve a few of them. Some of my pastoral experiences have been overwhelmingly rewarding: Baptisms, weddings, the…
Blog Boring Endings: Ya'll Come Back, Thanks for Coming, Go Eat
- By Betsy Hall
- Posted on December 2nd, 2012
If I visited worship at your church how would it end? My personal worship pet peeve is boring endings. You can spend hours with your worship team planning the entire service only …
Blog Where's Your Worship Service Going?
- By Shane Raynor
- Posted on August 16th, 2012
The difference between a worship service that works and one that doesn’t isn’t only about substance and style—it’s about where participants find themselves …
Blog Third Generation
- By Joseph Yoo
- Posted on August 13th, 2012
My parents are first generation Koreans, or immigrant Koreans. While, technically, I’m Generation 1.5 (because I was born in Korea and moved to the States when I was young), …
Blog Meaning the Words We Sing and Say
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on July 18th, 2012
I grew up Disciples of Christ, a Second Great Awakening denomination that boasts “no creed but Christ.” Any communal recitations besides the Lord’s Prayer were…
Blog Unleashing Scripture
- By Shane Raynor
- Posted on July 17th, 2012
In some congregations, the public reading of scripture may be one of the most underdeveloped parts of the worship service. It’s not that we don’t read the Bible in…