When did Christian worship get bifurcated between “worship” and “message”? I have heard pastors of all kinds of stripes divide their services this way. I have done it myself without thinking about what was happening with the words I was using. Churches I have attended in the past while in seminary or before also divided [...]
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Divided Worship?
Posted in Culture, Liturgy, Pastoral Ministry on 10 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Upon Further Review, It’s Still Not Funny
Posted in Contemporary Issues, Culture, Pastoral Ministry on 2 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few further thoughts on the laughing at Jesus suffering in the play in my congregation last night.
My level of being appalled at the laughter in my church last night is still quite high. My sadness that some people would think it was funny that Jesus was beaten or that how it was portrayed was [...]
It is Not Supposed to Be Funny
Posted in Culture, Jesus Christ, Liturgy, Pastoral Ministry on 2 April 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last night my church put on a drama skit called The Trial during our Sunday evening worship service. It was the culmination of weeks of practice for the 12 people involved in the skit. Overall they did a fairly good job considering only one or two of them have a sense of drama or acting [...]
