You don’t always get … what you expect.
That’s true so often (in my experience) in our relationship with God.
But this morning I’m really only thinking about the service I attended at Trinity Cathedral (in Sacramento). (more…)
June 16, 2013
You don’t always get … what you expect
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March 30, 2013
Maybe Only of Interest to People Who Lead Worship?
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This has been my first Holy Week since I retired. And it’s absolutely bizarre. After some thirty years of planning and leading worship (and all the extra planning and sermons for the special services during Holy Week) I got to choose what services I participated in and where I worshiped. I only led one (public) service all week on Palm Sunday. I did the major offices of Matins and Vespers (mostly) at home. I attended a Maundy Thursday service at an Episcopal Church. I attended an Easter Vigil at a Lutheran Church. I’ll probably say Matins in the morning at home. It’s actually nice just to be there to worship. Although, after some thirty years in the field, it’s pretty much automatic that you are critiquing every service you attend.
Maybe they shouldn’t let clergy attend services led by others!
But I find myself thinking that every three to five years all clergy should be required to attend someone else’s Holy Week and Christmas services. Not everything was done the way I would have done it. And that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing! (more…)
