What can this teach us about how we approach community, art, churches, church workers and church planting models?
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In episode 2 of the CommunionArts Podcast we sat down with Eric Marshall at the Trinity Grace offices in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We talk songwriting, creativity, liturgy and more.
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Gottesdienst is a German word meaning God’s service or divine service. The word itself is beautifully ambiguous as it explains what happens when we gather. Lutherans use this word sometimes to describe worship, however, the word gottesdienst more accurately than the word worship describes the interaction that takes place between God and man. God giving His gifts...
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My Song Is Love Unknown is a Lenten hymn written by Samuel Crossman and John Ireland. For this particular arrangement we've added a chorus which reads: "oh, Your grace has made a way.
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The word liturgy may carry with it baggage for you, or perhaps it recalls fond memories of services gone by. Many understand the liturgy simply as the order of service laid out in the...
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I once sat through a session on how to start a contemporary worship service. The session was troubling for one main reason. The speaker suggested that in order to have a contemporary service you must first throw everything else out...
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I've spent most of my life as a Lutheran and not until recently did I hear anything about the Icelandic Lutheran Church let alone Hallgrimur Petursson...
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I don't think I fully appreciated seasons until I moved to New York City. Previously I had spent most of my adult life in Southern California where there is essentially always some variation on a nice day.
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