Professor of Preaching&Worship Arts, @westernsem MI | Worship Leader | Preacher | E7 | Worship Words (2009, Baker Academic) | Church at Church (2019, Pickwick)
Feb 18, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
As we enter the liturgical season of Lent this year, we face an overwhelming convergence of crises: a viral pandemic, political intransigence, persistent racial hatreds, the threats associated with climate change, and so much grief and loss.
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The church is in crisis, too, with denominations fracturing and our familiar patterns of worship changing, maybe permanently.
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Mar 11, 2020 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
I've had a handful of folks ask me for advice via email/text how to handle communion in light of this whole COVID-19 crisis. As I persistently tell my students, I'm *not* the liturgy police. And I am certainly no medical expert, but I am on sabbatical...
...which means that I've had the time to learn a lot about epidemiology (*not* my research topic, btw) from smart people lately. (Happy to share sources if you're curious—just DM me).
So here's the thing: I'm convinced that the circumstances are dire. We have to act NOW.
