Liturgy as language (part 5) There are those who look at thriving, fruitful, vibrant worshipping communities, see they are not “using liturgy” and suggest comments like, “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it”, or “introducing liturgy will destroy this – you will be on a hiding to nothing.” I disagree. First let’s clarify. Liturgy, by
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As promised, this post will provide links to some of the best online resources connected to the lectionary. The first post gave the history of the lectionary. The second post highlighted advantages of using the lectionary. One of the huge advantages is that the lectionary has such a wealth of supporting resources. This post will
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In the last post on the lectionary I gave background to the RCL (Revised Common Lectionary) and highlighted that a community discipline of following the lectionary frees us from the vagaries and some of the eccentricities of allowing pastors total discretion to pick their own favourite Bible passages. I think there is always a danger
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I consider the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) as a gift from the Holy Spirit to the church. Although at the grass-roots level relationships between people of different denominations are healthy, at the power levels of institutional Christianity ecumenism has pretty much, in spite of innumerable meetings and reports, come to …. nought. Yet, Sunday by
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