Category Archives: Contemporary Worship

Lutherean

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Paul Harris

That’s what the pen had printed on it – Trinity Lutherean Church.  I know this is a typo, but it seems to me that it describes what many Lutheran churches have become.

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Peripatetic Preachers

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Paul Harris

It’s probably not even considered avant-garde or even cutting edge let alone bleeding edge anymore.  The peripatetic preacher is here to stay.  He is admired for coming out from behind the pulpit and mixing it up with the people.  Why … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to our Divine Service

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Paul Harris

Our Order of Service is not unique to us Lutherans. Martin Luther did not break away from the universal Christian Church, but rather, he recalled the Church to Her original doctrine and practice. The Church still existed, but She had … Continue reading →

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Inculturation

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Paul Harris

Don’t hold me to it; more aptly don’t hold him to it, but I think this is a one sentence summary of the Rev. James Alan Waddell’s 2005 magnum opus The Struggle to Reclaim the Liturgy in the Lutheran Church.  … Continue reading →

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Chanel Number 1

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Paul Harris

Chanel Number 5 I think is one of the more pricier perfumes, but I think Chanel Number 1 has a lesson worth learning.

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Let the Children Come to Me – Not!

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Paul Harris

This is from Crossbridge Community Church, Lakeway, Texas an LCMS mission: “The Kidz begin the morning in worship services with their parents so that they can enjoy the uplifting, contemporary music that begins our Sunday mornings.  Pastor Peter then blesses … Continue reading →

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New Roman Missal Finally Out and LSB is Really

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Paul Harris

The following is from http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/examples.shtml .  The Third Edition of the Roman Catholic Missal is finally out as of August 21, 2009, and look what they changed back to. 

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Bumper Sticker Theology

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Paul Harris

You can tell a lot about a person by their bumper stickers.  That must be what people mean to happen when the put them on their car.

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I’d Rather Spend 90 Minutes in The Shack

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Paul Harris

Several weeks ago I warned of looking for truth in all the wrong places such as the novel The Shack.  Well I’d rather spend 90 minutes in The Shack than one minute in 90 Minutes in Heaven.

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Effeminacy and the Liturgy

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Paul Harris

  Reading The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, I discovered I might not know the real meaning of effeminacy.  It doesn’t mean weak or even sissified to the author of that work. 

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