Worship Library Essays & Blog
Explore over three hundred curated essays on the Christian year, ancient-future worship, sacramental practice, and sacred music.
A Worship Leader Must Be Someone Who Actually Leads Worship
A Worship Leader Must Be Someone Who Leads How do you lead worship? The Holy Spirit, as counselor and as guide, directs the worship through the worship leader. The leader acts…
Seven Tips for Pentecost Sunday
Pentecost Sunday is both an end and a beginning. It’s not only the culmination of the season of Easter, it also represents the dawn of a new day in the life of the church. Jus…
The Daily Office for August 24, 2012
Scriptures Psalm 143 Job 2:1-13 Acts 9:1-9 John 6:27-40 Reading (Psalm 130) Psalm 130 Reflection Psalm 143 is both a complaint and a prayer to God. Various versions refer to t…
The Daily Office for June 28, 2012
Scriptures Psalm 105:1-22 Numbers 17:1-11 Romans 5:1-11 Matthew 20:17-28 Reading (Matthew 20:17-28) Matthew 20:17-28 Reflection Nonbelievers can ask a lot of tough questions. …
The Daily Office for January 31, 2012
Scriptures Psalm 61 Genesis 21:1-21 Hebrews 11:13-22 John 6:41-51 Reading (John 6:41-51) John 6:41-51 Reflection In today's Gospel reading we find the Jewish leaders doing wha…
The Daily Office for January 15, 2012
Scriptures Psalm 148 Genesis 7:1-10, 17-23 Ephesians 4:1-16 Mark 3:7-19 Reading (Genesis 7:1-10, 17-23) Genesis 7:1-10, 17-23 Reflection In this passage we read the first invi…