Among a number of suggestions about cultivating congregational singing in corporate worship Bob Smietana suggests: Tell church members what they will be singing ahead of time Let church members know in advance what songs will be sung on Sunday and provide links to the music in a church newsletter, email, or post on the church’s …
Picking up Will Willimon’s position that modernity has overly individualised and psychologised contemporary pastoral Zac Hicks points out a primary purpose of corporate worship, the neglect of which weakens both worship and pastoral care. When we hear “pastoral care,” we typically think of one-on-one, gut-wrenching meetings between a pastor and a hurting congregant. We think …
J.D. Greear restates a truth that needs to be revisited again and again about the nature of the church. In Long Beach, California, you can visit the Queen Mary, a ship that’s been turned into a museum. It was originally launched as the ultimate luxury cruise liner of its time. But during World War II, …
David Murray read a book called Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters by Lisa Bodell. It’s a business book, but churches, along with any group find that the longer we go on the more complex we can get. The challenge is to keep trying to simplify everything. Murray’s …
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