Worship Library Essays & Blog
Explore over three hundred curated essays on the Christian year, ancient-future worship, sacramental practice, and sacred music.
The Four-Fold Pattern of Worship
There’s an old adage, typically used by educators, that “external order organizes internal experience. ” When it comes to worship, the proper use of order facilitates how a ch…
Christmas Worship Among the Great Hymns of our Faith
On a recent chilly morning as I walked home from my neighborhood coffee shop, I received a phone call from a friend who’s a worship pastor. With the holidays approaching, the …
The Daily Office for September 2, 2012
Scripture Readings Old Testament Job 11:1-9 Job 11:13-20 Psalm Psalm 115 New Testament Revelation 5:1-14 Gospel Matthew 5:1-12 Reflection Psalm 115 makes favorable comparison …
The Daily Office for August 26, 2012
Scriptures Psalm 113 Job 4:1-21 Revelation 4:1-11 Mark 6:1-6a Reading (Psalm 113) Psalm 113 Reflection This psalm is one of praise to the unique God of Israel. Like the two pr…
The Daily Office for April 27, 2012
Scriptures Psalm 105:1-22 Exodus 24:1-18 Colossians 2:8-23 Matthew 4:12-17 Reading (Colossians 2:8-23) Colossians 2:8-23 Reflection Advertisers are brilliant at depicting a li…
The Daily Office for April 17, 2012
Scriptures Psalm 5 Exodus 15:1-21 1 Peter 1:13-25 John 14:18-31 Reading (1_Peter 1:13-25) 1 Peter 1:13-25 Reflection Here’s one of the most serious questions you’ll ever have …