Liturgy

An Intentional Start to the Year

by Glenn and Holly Packiam For well over a decade now, we have taken a few days either at the end of December or at the beginning of...

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Worshipping, Weeping, and Working as We Wait

2020—What a year it’s been, huh? The trouble is, we have not assurance that 2021 will be much better. Yet here we are waiting. Waiting...

Preaching in the Cultural Moment

How do pastors decide what to say about current events and social issues? As the story goes, both Karl Barth and Billy Graham said...

When God Groans

What do we do with the pain of the world? We enter in it and groan. That is what the Son of God did. And that is what the Spirit of God...

Preparing for a New Year

For the past 6 or 7 years, Holly and I have done a prayer and planning retreat, usually at the end of the calendar year, or sometimes...

Why An Ash Wednesday Service?

“As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers...

On Saints and Celebrities

Today is All Saints’ Day. I used to never think of it that way. It was just the day that Starbucks brings out their red cups. Besides, I,...

Proclaiming our Faith in Worship: How the Creed Tethers Us to Our Story

One of the main reasons we gather as the people of God is to remind ourselves of who God is, what He has done to make us His people, and...

Who Is “Church”? Pt. 1

What is “Church“? Who is Church for? The lost? The disciple? What are Sundays for? Many pastors jump right to the Great Commission and...