With all the sensitivity that can be mustered, it has to be said on a regular basis that it’s so important for folk who are part of a local church to want to engage visitors and newcomers before and after the service. Spending thirty or forty minutes talking to exactly the same person each week …
Songs of preparation: From the Highest of Heights (Indescribable), All People That On Earth Do Dwell (Psalm 100). Prayer of Approach and Confession: Praising the God who testifies of Himself and His saving power in creation and revelation, giving thanks for His power that makes us His children and keeps us His children. Song of …
Tradition and nostalgia both seek to bring the past to bear on present and future practice. Tradition will do so in a way that encourages a view that looks forward with optimism, thankful for the past. Nostalgia will do so in a way that nurtures a view that looks forward with pessimism, longing to return …
This week’s Border Watch article. I ended up using a different starting idea than the one I alluded to last Friday. What Makes A Local? It’s the sort of conversation you often fall into in a country town. You ask someone if they’re a local. No, they reply, they’re not a local, they moved here …
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