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"Go In Peace. But Go!", Robert Rimbo
"Go In Peace. But Go!", Robert Rimbo
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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Early in my episcopacy, I was having a dinner conversation with a number of bishops including then Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, George Anderson. It was a rough time for me, as it often is early in a first term. I had been struggling with a few congregations with a number of issues, principally that the ELCA was not their parents' church anymore. Anyway, while we were talking. Bishop Anderson summarized my feelings precisely: "Sometimes you just want to say, 'Go in peace. But go!"'
Jesus' Welcome Centers Our Ministry, Richard Fabian
Jesus' Welcome Centers Our Ministry, Richard Fabian
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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Americans are 60% churchgoers today, just as in colonial times and in every century since. But our times are different. Today everything stands in question. In San Francisco and the western half of Washington State, 90% of residents tell census takers they have no religious identity whatever. Moreover, today America offers many faith options: Buddhism, New Age Spirituality, Islam, and countless fundamentalist cults. Our own mainline church services increasingly resemble fourth-century churches, filling up with people with no known faith commitment. That describes not only our visitors, but longtime church members as well.
Worship And The Ministry Of Reconciliation: Turning Walls Into Tables, Mark S. Hanson
Worship And The Ministry Of Reconciliation: Turning Walls Into Tables, Mark S. Hanson
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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Thank you for the invitation to be with you. One regret I have had, not the only one, is that I have never attended the Institute of Liturgical Studies. Each spring my colleague, William Beckstrand, the cantor at University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis, would begin to invite and encourage me to join him for his annual journey to the institute at Valparaiso University. As I worked with Bill I began to realize that this event was like a pool of refreshing water that beckoned him through the often taxing days of Lent, Holy Week, and Triduum-"I know I …
Have We Come An This Way For Birth Or Death?1 Liturgical Music As Prophetic Ministry, Kathleen Harmon
Have We Come An This Way For Birth Or Death?1 Liturgical Music As Prophetic Ministry, Kathleen Harmon
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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The prophet announces to the world what must die in order that the Kingdom of God be born. In its very doing liturgical music participates in this death-resurrection mystery which lies at the core of Christian identity and mission. How does liturgical music participate in the prophetic mission of the church? How can we in our ministry of music making be faithful to this mission?
On The Table-Servers: Ministry In The Assembly, Gordon W. Lathrop
On The Table-Servers: Ministry In The Assembly, Gordon W. Lathrop
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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For a moment, try saying it this way: Christianity is a meal-fellowship. I know there are other ways to speak of the Christian movement. But, for a bit, I invite you, try this one. At root, Christianity is not just an idea. It is a specific meeting around food and drink. It is first of all not a religious inclination that an individual might have, not a philosophy nor a technique to equip an individual to engage with spiritual realities. In any case, it is certainly not a consumer good that an individual might or might not choose to …
The Priesthood Of All Believers And Other Pious Myths, Timothy J. Wengert
The Priesthood Of All Believers And Other Pious Myths, Timothy J. Wengert
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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"Alice laughed 'There's no use trying,' she said: 'one ca 'n 't believe impossible things.' 'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. "
Mass And Mission: Enacting God's Mission In The Christian Assembly Today, Thomas H. Schattauer
Mass And Mission: Enacting God's Mission In The Christian Assembly Today, Thomas H. Schattauer
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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I doubt that I need to underscore the ferment surrounding the matters that are the theme of this year's Institute: worship and mission. The practice of worship in our congregations has become fragmented by multiple and competing proposals for what should happen when we gather. As a teacher of worship, the questions and discussions I encounter day by day reveal a general distrust of conventional liturgical practice and a genuine hunger for something-anything-that will engage and enliven people at worship in our time and place. There is no simple and direct approach to matters of worship-this is what we …
Debt, Imperialism, Eunuchs, And Contemporary Christian Worship, John Bell
Debt, Imperialism, Eunuchs, And Contemporary Christian Worship, John Bell
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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There are three ways to begin a lecture such as this. The first is to ask people to turn to each other and say why they came to this particular part of the program and what they expect to hear. This approach has the advantage of giving the speaker five to ten minutes less lecturing time. Much as I'm tempted, I think this tactic might leave you feeling shortchanged. The second approach is to say: "I don't quite understand the title I've been asked to address"and then waffle for twenty minutes on the semantics before ever dealing with the …
Let The Servant Church Arise: Waters For The Thirsty, Supper For The Hungry, Rhoda Schuler
Let The Servant Church Arise: Waters For The Thirsty, Supper For The Hungry, Rhoda Schuler
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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The title of this address provides some clues about the perspective I bring to the question of the church's mission in the world Use of the term "servant church"-borrowed directly from the hymn ''The Church of Christ in Every Age"1-reveals my bias for language of servanthood to describe that mission. Such language has governed my own identity as a deaconess for nearly three decades. Aidan Kavanaugh argues that the ascetic, who is dedicated to ''the art of maintaining a life of 'right worship,'" serves as the exemplar for the baptized, pointing them toward the Christian's ultimate end: that is, …
From Meal To Mission, J-Glenn Murray
From Meal To Mission, J-Glenn Murray
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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When it comes to introductions, I remember that when I was young and charming and about to go off to Saint Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia (where I was reared and raised), I was somewhat intimidated. I was so because I was about to take my place along with boys, many of whose fathers, uncles, cousins, and brothers had attended this school. For them the school was going to be familiar, for me most unfamiliar. Adding to my anxiety was the fact that I was also going to be one of 900 boys, only seven of whom were Black. I …
Media Art In Worship: The Potential For A New Liturgical Art, Its Pastoral And Theological Challenges, Eileen D. Crowley
Media Art In Worship: The Potential For A New Liturgical Art, Its Pastoral And Theological Challenges, Eileen D. Crowley
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
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Greetings to you all, my colleagues in liturgy, my sisters and brothers in Christ! The black-and-white photography we encountered as part of our liturgy in the Chapel of the Resurrection yesterday and today represent art, meditation art that can stir our imaginations and refresh our souls. Professor Aimee Tomasek of Valparaiso University asked her students to create these for us based on their reading of yesterday's gospel and hymn of the day. Students' work is always refreshing. So, too, are all the water metaphors in which we have been steeped in our liturgies here during this institute.