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Why another worship blog?
A friend once asked me if I thought it was absolutely necessary to add my own words to the repository of books – short and long, hard cover and soft, good, middling, and awful – in the world. Weren’t...
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Rant 1: “Just Throw a Few Songs Together”
A couple of months into my first job as music director of a church, I called a guest preacher to ask about his text and the substance of his message for the upcoming Sunday. “Oh I don’t know,” he...
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Advent, Not Christmas
Besides Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter, Advent is probably the most widely celebrated Christian season – or is it? As the weather gets colder, and the snow finally sticks to the ground, our...
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Have an Uncomfortable New Year: chapters 1-2 of Joan Chittister’s “The...
By Stacey Gleddiesmith As you know, I celebrated New Year’s Day on November 27th this year, having decided to practice the liturgical cycle in a conscious and considered fashion (at least once in my...
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Christmas Is Not A Children’s Story
This post comes a bit late (although still within the liturgical season of Christmas) because my husband Andrew and I received some bad news during the Christmas season that has set us back on our...
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The Place of Humans in Worship Life: Chapters 7-8 of Joan Chittister’s “The...
By Stacey Gleddiesmith To be honest (and the ninth commandment states that I should be), these two chapters are my least favourite thus far. Chapter 7 does, however, bring up some interesting...
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Joy Is Not the Opposite of Pain
Have you ever wondered what the opposite of pain is? If you type the question in to the wonderful world of Google, you will read a variety of answers including: pleasure, getting high, bliss, good...
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Gardener God
Reprinted with permission from Regent College: The Regent World, Spring 2010, Volume 22, Number 2. While I now have a yard and a garden to enjoy (no longer am I limited to four square feet of...
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