The Table of Contents: Seven Central Things

-

Introduction

Intro (Ash Wednesday)

The Road to Emmaus

Saul on the Road to Damascus

A Unified Theory of Lutheranism Today


Gathering

Gathering at Pentecost (Sun 18th)

Not Gathering

The Art of Gathering

Gather in a 3D World

How Then Shall We Gather?

Gather Prayer


Baptism

(Jesus + < Jesus Alone)—Galatians 3:23-29

An Emergency Baptism (Sun 25th)

BEM and Indiscriminate Baptism

Baptism in a 3D World

What then of Baptism?

Baptism Prayer


Confession & Forgiveness

The 51st Psalm

A Shattered Unicorn

The Book of Forgiving (Sun 3rd)

Yup, it really means you are forgiven.

How Shall We Confess and Forgive?

A Prayer


The Word

Word, words, joy, judgement

Chuckwagon Grace

The Bible a Cradle

The Word for Now (Sun 10th)

What is the Good Word?

A Prayer


Giving Thanks

Sanctifying Gratitude

I would have been Blind, instead I See

Grateful

Thankfulness, Now

It is Good to Give God Thanks and Praise (Sun 17th)

A Prayer


The Meal

Remembering the Meal

A Promise as Physical as a Bullet

Ollie Mae's Molasses Raisin Bread

Feasting Today

God's Good Feast

Praying that We are Part of God's Feast (Sun 24th)


Sending

Sent out by Jesus

Sent Out in Song

"Keep them from Evil"

Sent into a 3D World (Maundy Thursday)

It is Good to be Sent (Good Friday)

Sending Prayer (Holy Saturday)


Conclusion

Conclusion (Easter)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sent Out in Song

-
Image
                The Hymn “The Canticle of the Turning” is a favorite among a whole generation of Lutherans, probably all for vaguely the same reason, it was sung at an especially powerful moment in their life. For me it was sung before my cohort of Young Adults in Global Mission left the Lutheran Center in Chicago to our particular destinations around the world. A one-man band sent us off; if I remember correctly, he was simultaneously playing bagpipes, a harmonica, and drums. He played as all of us excited and anxious young people sang Mary’s song about the transformation of the whole world on account of her son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. It was the song that sent us out into the world to join in that mission. In my case that song sent me to an 850-year-old English abbey converted into a retreat centre where I cleaned rooms, taught kids archery, and served booze to Anglican Bishops.               I think that song was sung in LTSP’s chapel the night I and 11 other seminarians found ou
Read more

Intro: The Seven Central Things—Reflections for Lent

-
Image
                Welcome to Lent. A time for Alms, Fasting, and Prayer. A 40-day journey through the wilderness toward Easter. A time to ground ourselves to the core of our faith, so that we do not miss the precious gifts we’ve been given.               One of those gifts, I believe, is the gift of the Christian liturgy. Looking all the way back to the earliest descriptions of Christian worship, in Luke’s Gospel, in the Didache (an early Christian Catechism), to Justin Martyr’s testimony to the Emperor, and looking all the way forward to the Book of Common Prayer, the reforms of Vatican 2, the Lutheran Book of Worship, and Evangelical Lutheran Worship, there are some consistent things we do—signs of God’s love we embody together. There are things we practice in worship that spill out into our daily lives. Different folk name and number them differently, my shorthand is the Seven Central Things of Worship, they are: Gathering, Baptism, Confession & Forgiveness, Word, Thanksgiving,
Read more