As a very young child, before I ever attended a service of worship, I received painstaking schooling in appropriate “big church” behavior. Lessons covered everything … read more

I often say Ash Wednesday is my favorite liturgical holiday. I discovered the wonder and beauty of high-church worship in college. Admittedly, this took several months of steady… read more

Opening Sentences (based on Psalm 121) I will lift up my eyes to the hills. From where will my help come? Our help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.  … read more

Every year on the Wednesday six and-a-half weeks before Easter Day, the church, the body of Christ, once again sets off on its Lenten journey. While we know that the cross, and… read more

Enough statistics ABOUT worship; how about statistics IN worship? Sound crazy? Maybe. But maybe not. At a recent chaotic and unfocused council meeting, my associate pastor Peter… read more

One of the biggest barriers to family worship is the vision of what “ought to be.” That vision of a Norman Rockwell family pressed and dressed and gathered in a clean… read more