Comments on: The Evangelical Liturgy 5: The Prelude http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:47:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pentamom http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-510307 pentamom Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:36:16 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-510307 "Building depth and community through being invested in other peoples’ lives and allowing them to invest in yours. NOT discussing yesterday’s game, the weather or a new car purchase." I gotta say that I think that the way you get invested in people's lives and allowing them to invest in yours is to get to know them, and all the big AND little things that they care about, or happen to them. Hearing about how a friend spent yesterday afternoon helps me get to know here better. Deep relationships and casual chat aren't against each other -- a relationship was supposed to be conducted on a serious level all the time would be like a roof without walls. “Building depth and community through being invested in other peoples’ lives and allowing them to invest in yours. NOT discussing yesterday’s game, the weather or a new car purchase.”

I gotta say that I think that the way you get invested in people’s lives and allowing them to invest in yours is to get to know them, and all the big AND little things that they care about, or happen to them. Hearing about how a friend spent yesterday afternoon helps me get to know here better. Deep relationships and casual chat aren’t against each other — a relationship was supposed to be conducted on a serious level all the time would be like a roof without walls.

]]> By: Sensus Divinitatis News http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-509146 Sensus Divinitatis News Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:27:41 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-509146 <strong>The Evangelical Liturgy 5: The Prelude...</strong> This post was chosen as newsworthy at Sensus Divinitatis News.... The Evangelical Liturgy 5: The Prelude…

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]]> By: Friday’s Links of the Week | Rethink Mission http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508624 Friday’s Links of the Week | Rethink Mission Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:07:24 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508624 [...] Is Evangelical Liturgy Like “Jumbo Shrimp”? Helpful thoughts on how a prelude can help focus the congregation into “worship mode.” The big question: what do you do with announcements? [...] [...] Is Evangelical Liturgy Like “Jumbo Shrimp”? Helpful thoughts on how a prelude can help focus the congregation into “worship mode.” The big question: what do you do with announcements? [...]

]]> By: Paul Wilkinson http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508256 Paul Wilkinson Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:07:39 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508256 There's nothing wrong with pre-service 'fellowship' if it's true spiritual fellowship. Building depth and community through being invested in other peoples' lives and allowing them to invest in yours. NOT discussing yesterday's game, the weather or a new car purchase. There's nothing wrong with pre-service announcements if we see them as opportunities for greater service, building community, deeper teaching, or meeting needs. NOT 'commercials' for the agendas of different ministries or committees who also compete for who gets the brightest colored bulletin insert. I'm not saying we should try to 'spiritualize' everything we do in life, but I think we should try to intentionally spiritualize everything we do in church. There’s nothing wrong with pre-service ‘fellowship’ if it’s true spiritual fellowship. Building depth and community through being invested in other peoples’ lives and allowing them to invest in yours. NOT discussing yesterday’s game, the weather or a new car purchase.

There’s nothing wrong with pre-service announcements if we see them as opportunities for greater service, building community, deeper teaching, or meeting needs. NOT ‘commercials’ for the agendas of different ministries or committees who also compete for who gets the brightest colored bulletin insert.

I’m not saying we should try to ‘spiritualize’ everything we do in life, but I think we should try to intentionally spiritualize everything we do in church.

]]> By: Ross http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508188 Ross Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:59:15 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508188 "We don’t even have toilets or “cry rooms”! Coffee and doughnuts in a special room afterwards? What kind of frippery is this?" So I guess the Starbucks cafe outside the worship center would be a bit of a shock. ;) “We don’t even have toilets or “cry rooms”! Coffee and doughnuts in a special room afterwards? What kind of frippery is this?”

So I guess the Starbucks cafe outside the worship center would be a bit of a shock. ;)

]]> By: Derek http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508171 Derek Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:27:34 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508171 Thanks, Mule. I guess my point is that there didn't used to be the delineation between secular and sacred. All music in the baroque and several following eras was sacred. Thanks, Mule. I guess my point is that there didn’t used to be the delineation between secular and sacred. All music in the baroque and several following eras was sacred.

]]> By: Mule Chewing Briars http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508146 Mule Chewing Briars Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:50:45 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508146 Low pop culture makes me feel stupid, unhip, and pointless, but that goes for most of the time anyway. I kinda go to church to avoid that. Low pop culture makes me feel stupid, unhip, and pointless, but that goes for most of the time anyway.

I kinda go to church to avoid that.

]]> By: Mule Chewing Briars http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508145 Mule Chewing Briars Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:42:18 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508145 Try "Spem In Alium" by Thomas Tallis, an English Reformation composer of the 16th Century. The first time I heard it, it was playing in the background, and I literally didn't think it was human. I never experienced this with "Shine, Jesus, Shine". Try “Spem In Alium” by Thomas Tallis, an English Reformation composer of the 16th Century. The first time I heard it, it was playing in the background, and I literally didn’t think it was human.

I never experienced this with “Shine, Jesus, Shine”.

]]> By: Derek http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508143 Derek Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:00 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508143 Since we had some folks who were "on call" including a doctor, there was no "turn it off" policy. There was a "silence it" policy that was kept to. And I did. Since we had some folks who were “on call” including a doctor, there was no “turn it off” policy. There was a “silence it” policy that was kept to. And I did.

]]> By: Derek http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-5-the-prelude/comment-page-1#comment-508141 Derek Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:32:26 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=4248#comment-508141 Then why don't we refer to these people as traditionists instead of conservatives? Then why don’t we refer to these people as traditionists instead of conservatives?

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