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Note Taking in Worship

Persis Lorenti
Sep 21, 2021
One of the joys of gathering with my local church on Sundays is sitting under the ministry of the Word. This is especially dear to me after having been un-churched for many years. I was spiritually malnourished by the time God providentially led me to the church I now call home. Hearing sound...

My Covid Year Reading: Knowing the Times

Keith Kauffman
Jul 7, 2021
The ability to ‘read the room’ is a really good life skill to have. What do I mean? Oftentimes one may get themselves in a fair bit of trouble if they, in whatever varied situation they find themselves in, are unable to grasp the particular demeanor or emotional temperature of the gathering...

George Herbert – Pastor and Poet

Simonetta Carr
Jul 21, 2020
George Herbert – Pastor and Poet What would the English poet George Herbert have to say at the toppling of our monuments? Maybe something similar to what he said in 1633, while contemplating the monuments to the dead inside his church’s crypt. In the end, he concluded, the dust and earth to which...

In Defense of the Ass: Is the Sermon a "Relic of the Reformation?"

Michael Glodo
Apr 27, 2015
This is the first half of Mike Glodo's article, the second of which will come later in the week ~ Editor . Recently I was presented with a question about preaching. "Given that contemporary communication studies show that people learn better with a Q&A format, should we abandon the traditional...

In Defense of the Ass: Is the Sermon a "Relic of the Reformation?"

Michael Glodo
Apr 27, 2015
This is the first half of Mike Glodo's article, the second of which will come later in the week ~ Editor . Recently I was presented with a question about preaching. "Given that contemporary communication studies show that people learn better with a Q&A format, should we abandon the traditional...