Fourth Verse Adventage
A short reflection on Advent and Pentecostal worship. Continue reading Fourth Verse Adventage
Tag: Church
Death and Denial: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
A reflection on Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, using the writing of Kate Bowler, Chris Green, Esau McCaulley, David Taylor, and Tish Harrison Warren, as well as the music of The Brilliance. Continue reading Death and Denial: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
“The Lumpiness of History”
I recently read John Dickson’s excellent book Bullies and Saints, and it provoked some thoughts on how we relate to the wrongs of the past. This is not a book review, but some reflections based on the book with implications for us today. Continue reading “The Lumpiness of History”
Before We Reopen: A Question for the Church
We’re coming up on a full year of COVID services at my church. As we begin to think about the possibility of reopening in the coming weeks and months, I have a question I think needs to be pondered. Continue reading Before We Reopen: A Question for the Church
Nothing New Under The Sun
What does my thesis from four years ago have to say about justice, Black Lives Matter, and Critical Race Theory? This post answers that question, and is for those weary of entering discussions on racial injustice, or who are eager to dismiss them altogether. Continue reading Nothing New Under The Sun
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Re:Church [Part 3]
Pastors and church leaders, as a result of the global pandemic, have an opportunity to rethink and reimagine what the church will look like moving forward. I offer three principles to guide our conversations about the church. In Part 1 I looked at Simon Chan’s Liturgical Theology and the first principle: we need to define the church … Continue reading Re:Church [Part 3]
Re:Church [Part 2]
With the global pandemic affecting all of us, the church has been forced into a situation where it cannot continue on as it was. Pastors and church leaders have an opportunity to rethink and reimagine what the church will look like moving forward. To those ends I offer three principles to guide our conversations about … Continue reading Re:Church [Part 2]
Re:Church [Part 1]
When the world shut down in mid-March due to Covid-19 I spent the first week building a live-stream set up for my church from the ground up. The next three weeks were packed with making tweaks to our online streaming, preaching on Palm Sunday, and preparing our Easter weekend services. It was only after Easter … Continue reading Re:Church [Part 1]
O Sacred Head (It Is Finished)
We all want peace, joy, and life. When we encounter suffering, pain, or death, we fight against it, or avoid it, passing over it as quickly as possible. We want to keep our distance from what makes us uncomfortable. With the world currently shut-down for a global pandemic it has become more difficult to avoid … Continue reading O Sacred Head (It Is Finished)
Feeling The Worship
It has taken me years of reading Eugene Peterson’s books to finally feel like I am starting to understand them. The first book I read took two attempts. I first picked up Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places somewhere between the end of high school and my first year of college. I did not finish … Continue reading Feeling The Worship
James M. MacKnight 