Must-Have Literary Companions for 2013
Katie Peterson Warner, The Integrated Catholic Life
Who needs another resolution to add to the already-growing list of goals for next year? I’ve got one for you… read more!
How Not to Read Your Bible in 2013
Matt Smethurst, The Gospel Coalition
From one stumbling pilgrim to another, here are five suggestions for what not to do in 2013.
“I must watch over you”: The virtue of familial responsibility
Carrie Frederick Frost, The Clarion Review
For all the ambiguity in the Bible around family, the message that the family – be it biological, marital, spiritual or adoptive – is linked together at the level of the soul occurs many times . . .
Dear Worship Pastor: It’s Not About You
Timothy Dalrymple, Philosophical Fragments
I want to tell the worship pastor, and so I’m telling you now: if no one’s following, you ain’t leading.
Sigh. I don’t mean to be offensive, and as an evangelical, charismatic Christian, I can relate to much of the “worship leader” advice. But I cringe just a little bit inside whenever I see a guy with a guitar called by that title. As a liturgical/sacramental Christian, I call my “worship leader” by the title Father (unless the Bishop is in town leading the worship). But either way, he’s the guy who gives the sermons and then stands behind the altar saying, “This is My Body…”
We do have a good band, though.
Deacon Harmon,
I agree. I find it interesting in evangelical churches with a worship band how easy it is to see hands raised when the music begins or reaches climactic points, yet how infrequently you see those hands raised when the text of scripture is being read. What kind of golden calf are we fashioning?