On Sunday, February 27, 2022, our world was reeling from the news from Eastern Europe. The preceding Thursday, the armed forces of the Russian Federation had attacked neighboring Ukraine from land, sea, and air. Our congregation has seen wars before, but never – it seems – in a country so much like our own and … Continue reading Sunday: A Play-by-Play of the Process
Assembly and Worship
At the Intersection of Current Events and Worship
This is Part One of a two-part series. Click to read Part Two: Sunday: A Play-by-Play of the Process. In our Wednesday night Bible study (2/23/22), we prayed for peace across Eastern Europe. Within three hours, missiles began to strike at targets in Ukraine and we awoke the next morning to the news that ground … Continue reading At the Intersection of Current Events and Worship
Two Books from England
The Book of Common Prayer is a devotional guide (and so much more) for those of the Anglican (Episcopalian) faith, developed by the key historical figure in Anglicanism, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. My own introduction to The Book of Common Prayer was through a textbook assigned in graduate school, Worship by the Book. Worship by the Book was … Continue reading Two Books from England
The Christian Minstrel: Preface (J.B. Aikin, 1846)
The number of sacred music books has been greatly multiplied within the last few years. Mason's publications alone have furnished the churches with a rich variety of music, arranged and harmonized in a style of unequaled beauty and sublimity, and characterized by a chasteness, simplicity, and facility of expression, and all that is adapted to … Continue reading The Christian Minstrel: Preface (J.B. Aikin, 1846)
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