A neat example of the co-evolution of artefacts and mores; the conversation between things and usages in culture. Language Log » Phone Etiquette 2.0.
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The Sci Fi and Fantasy Service Liturgy
Sounds as if it could go disastrously, but it actually looks really good as a well thought-out piece of liturgical craftsbeingship. The Sci Fi and Fantasy Service Liturgy « Avril at Romsey.
Social Sciences Ethics Training online
A free e-course on research ethics. I note it here so that it can be found again. I have in mind some of the preparation for study things we’ve been talking about recently at college. It’s creative commons and the blurb says it’s start-stoppable and has comprehension exercises built in. Social Sciences Ethics Training – […]
Should The Worship Leader Talk Or Just Sing? | Ragamuffin Soul
Of course, for many churches liturgical leadership (though they’ll rarely call it that) involves a band and a person or persons who put a ‘set’ together and, at its best, craft the playing of the music to the way that the congregation is responding and who will skilfully weave prompts, prayers and encouragements into the […]
Questions to find ways into community ministry
I’ve found a set of questions from Carl S Dudley in Basic Steps toward Community Ministry (or here) seem to sum up well the kinds of things that I have discovered I want to know early on in a pastoral or missional ministry in a community. So here they are, consolidated from several chapters. Step […]
Ashes to Ashes: Communitas and Religious Symbols
This article helps us to connect some anthropological insights with liturgy and its place in community formation. Rituals thus come to reflect the particular sensibilities of communities—or rather, communitas, a term by Victor Turner used in The Ritual Process to represent the human bond 3. Communitas is distinct from the structured economic, political, and judicial […]
In our minds eye as we plan …
It’s kind of obvious once you think about it, but it is worth reflecting on and making it a matter of conscious decision-making. The reality is that it’s simply a deliberate commitment to a pastoral awareness of who I am curating for. Another part of that process, particularly if I am working in a venue […]
Why Ministerial Reflection
Helpful reminder of why we should make time and effort to do theological reflection on ministerial practice. ministerial reflection is the crucial key to all of the work of ministry. For only through careful consideration can you put together pieces that otherwise seem disjointed, irrelevant, or confusing. Reflection enables you to weave the integrative thread […]
Getting feedback as a liturgical leader
This is out of a stable that tends to interpret ‘worship’ as sung, stage-led. Nevertheless the attitudes and ideas are transferable. The important thing that comes out is about leading in vulnerability and how to manage that personally. YouTube – Feedback.
Tools for evaluating worship
I got to wondering whether there were any helpful or useful web resources for informing processes of reflecting on and evaluating acts of corporate worship. If you do a search, there seems to be a lot but not all of it is helpful in the kind of way that I’m thinking of. One issue is […]