Holy Week Service
Each year in our church, we have a Holy Week service that has become one of our most anticipated services. It is a simple service… Read More »Holy Week Service
liturgy
Review Article: You Are What you Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
For several years now James K. A. Smith has been helpfully speaking and writing on the subject of liturgical formation in education and worship. His… Read More »Review Article: You Are What you Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
The Benedict Option for Education
Being familiar with some of Rod Dreher’s other works like The Little Way of Ruthie Leming and How Dante Can Save Your Life, I was excited to… Read More »The Benedict Option for Education
The Benedict Option: The Christian Option
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Rod Dreher’s much anticipated book, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, is how unremarkable… Read More »The Benedict Option: The Christian Option
A good and bad way to use Lent
It’s that time of year again, a time when Evangelical Christians debate whether or not it is a good thing to observe Lent. My answer… Read More »A good and bad way to use Lent
Worship isn’t just something we do; it is where God does something to us.
When we tacitly assume that we are the primary actors in worship, then we also assume that worship is basically an expressive endeavor. This is why we… Read More »Worship isn’t just something we do; it is where God does something to us.
My Curriculum Choices for 2016-2017: Morning Time, 3rd Grade & 5th Grade
For the first several years that I homeschooled, I would spend the spring and summer searching for curriculum sales on the things I wanted for… Read More »My Curriculum Choices for 2016-2017: Morning Time, 3rd Grade & 5th Grade
Liturgy as an appropriate unifier
God wants his people to be unified, but some doctrinal and practical matters are important enough that secondary division is necessary. Such is the case… Read More »Liturgy as an appropriate unifier
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
In many Christian traditions today is Ash Wednesday, beginning the season of Lent. Over the past several years, there has been an increasing interest in… Read More »Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
My Paper from ETS – Practice Makes Perfect: How Corporate Worship Shapes Disciples
Last week I was able to read a paper at the national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Atlanta. I had a good crowd… Read More »My Paper from ETS – Practice Makes Perfect: How Corporate Worship Shapes Disciples
Knowledge Without Skill
Both of my children take Suzuki strings lessons, Caleb on cello and Kate on violin. Part of the Suzuki philosophy (which happens to match perfectly… Read More »Knowledge Without Skill
Virtue Formation Through Liturgy in Our Homeschool Morning Time
Earlier this month I had the privilege to speak at a women’s conference for ten like-minded Fort Worth churches. I spoke on family worship… Read More »Virtue Formation Through Liturgy in Our Homeschool Morning Time
Stop inviting God to your worship
We hear it all the time in corporate worship services: “God, we invite you to come as we worship you.” “God, fill this place as… Read More »Stop inviting God to your worship
Practice Makes Perfect: Culture and the Liturgies of Life
So here are the primary points of my argument: Culture is the behavior of a people. The formation of certain kinds of behaviors falls squarely… Read More »Practice Makes Perfect: Culture and the Liturgies of Life
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi
Over the past several weeks I have been making the argument that in order to shape the behavior–the culture–of a people, we must give attention… Read More »Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi
Reenactment
We saw last week that in order to counteract the negative effects of worldly liturgies, the liturgies of our churches must be shaped by Scripture.… Read More »Reenactment
Corporate Worship is Formative
Last week I mentioned that we are inevitably shaped by worldly liturgies, and so we need something to counteract this. This is where it will… Read More »Corporate Worship is Formative
Worldly Liturgies
Our aim over the past several weeks has been to discover how Christians can cultivate higher inclinations toward what is true and good, but we must… Read More »Worldly Liturgies
The Form of the Liturgy
Behavior is shaped by liturgies because, as Lewis stated, our inclinations are organized through trained habits, and habits are formed through rituals. And it is… Read More »The Form of the Liturgy
A Thousand Throwaway I Love Yous
In a healthy marriage, there are a thousand throwaway I love yous. This demands explanation, and there’s probably a better wording to make this point. But… Read More »A Thousand Throwaway I Love Yous
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