Glenn Packiam

Pastor//Author//Speaker//Practical Theologian//Songwriter

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    What Church Small Groups Do Best…And What They Don’t.
    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 30, 2014
    • 3 min

    What Church Small Groups Do Best…And What They Don’t.

    As church leaders, many of us don’t have the time to stop and reflect on what we’re doing. And even if we did, our reflections are often ...
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    The Communion Liturgy at New Life Downtown
    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 25, 2014
    • 3 min

    The Communion Liturgy at New Life Downtown

    Every once awhile, I am asked what our liturgy is at New Life Downtown. Our service flow (in general) can be found HERE. But the most ‘li...
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    Why a Doctorate, Why Durham?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 10, 2014
    • 5 min

    Why a Doctorate, Why Durham?

    WARNING: This is a post for nerds like me. 🙂 In all seriousness, this won’t be of interest to everyone, but several of you have asked wh...
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    On Being ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’
    Glenn Packiam
    • Sep 2, 2014
    • 5 min

    On Being ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’

    I hear often that people are spiritual but not religious, or that they love Jesus but don’t like the Church. I get it. But the antidote t...
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    Glenn Packiam
    • Jun 2, 2014
    • 2 min

    What is Sanctification FOR?

    In the flurry of conversation about sanctification– thanks to the public disagreement between Pastor Tullian and The Gospel Coalition– I ...
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    Evangelicals and the Book of Common Prayer
    Glenn Packiam
    • Apr 7, 2014
    • 2 min

    Evangelicals and the Book of Common Prayer

    Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Baylor University and former professor of English at Wheaton College, wrote a sw...
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    What Makes Us Lucky?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Mar 17, 2014
    • 3 min

    What Makes Us Lucky?

    What makes us lucky? We think of luck as simply a positive reversal of fortune or chance occurrence that worked out in our favor. Like wi...
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    Why I’m Becoming an Anglican Priest…at New Life Church.
    Glenn Packiam
    • Mar 2, 2014
    • 5 min

    Why I’m Becoming an Anglican Priest…at New Life Church.

    I grew up in an Anglican home. My mother comes from several generations of Anglicans, in Singapore and Sri Lanka. As a baby, I was christ...
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    Why An Ash Wednesday Service?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 25, 2014
    • 2 min

    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 ...
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    ON GOING TO CHURCH
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 6, 2014
    • 4 min

    ON GOING TO CHURCH

    I don’t want to talk about Donald Miller. This is in part because in 2006, when I was working on my first book, my publisher kept bringin...
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    Is Genesis 1 An Argument Against Evolution?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Feb 4, 2014
    • 5 min

    Is Genesis 1 An Argument Against Evolution?

    “If Genesis 1 isn’t literal, the Gospel isn’t literal either!” “If the earth isn’t 6000 years, then we can’t trust the Bible on anything!...
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    What We Sing About When We Sing About God
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 14, 2014
    • 1 min

    What We Sing About When We Sing About God

    Ever wonder what we sing about? Lester Ruth, Research Professor of Christian Worship at Duke Divinity School, decided to find out. Ruth e...
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    What Does It Mean to “Take a Stand for Jesus”?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jan 9, 2014
    • 6 min

    What Does It Mean to “Take a Stand for Jesus”?

    Nobody’s talking about Duck Dynasty star, Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ anymore. Which is why I thought this might finally be a good ti...
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    On the Limits of New Year’s Resolutions
    Glenn Packiam
    • Dec 31, 2013
    • 3 min

    On the Limits of New Year’s Resolutions

    Resolutions are powerful things. We feel all the energy of a new year rushing forward, washing over past failures or shortcomings. I like...
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    Why the Church Calendar?
    Glenn Packiam
    • Nov 19, 2013
    • 3 min

    Why the Church Calendar?

    I’m not in love with all things old. I don’t think then is better than now. I’m not trying to get back to how things were. My journey in ...
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    In Memory of a Friend Who Taught Me Courage
    Glenn Packiam
    • Nov 3, 2013
    • 3 min

    In Memory of a Friend Who Taught Me Courage

    [EDITOR’S NOTE: My friend Kevin Tan lost his life while saving one of his clients from drowining. Kevin was part of an adventure company ...
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    On Saints and Celebrities
    Glenn Packiam
    • Nov 1, 2013
    • 2 min

    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,...
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    Technology, Sacrament, and the Imago Dei
    Glenn Packiam
    • Oct 22, 2013
    • 6 min

    Technology, Sacrament, and the Imago Dei

    [This is a rough sketch of the talk I gave at SALT 2013, a conference for church worship/creative arts/tech/media teams. The above visual...
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    My “Oxford Paper” on Congregational Music
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jul 25, 2013
    • 2 min

    My “Oxford Paper” on Congregational Music

    Next week, with fear and trepidation, I will be presenting a paper at an academic conference on congregational music at Ripon College, on...
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    The Liturgy: What the Community Builds Together
    Glenn Packiam
    • Jul 22, 2013
    • 4 min

    The Liturgy: What the Community Builds Together

    We stood for most of the two-hour service. The only time they instructed us to sit was during the priest’s homily. Even then, there were ...
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