http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community This is the description... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:30:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alyssa Lord, beloved Worship Community member, is experiencing worship in a foreign country--England. from her own private English castle overlooking the coast, she writes: "I'm really enjoying my time here. It's intense and a lot of work, but I like the challenge and schedule. I've joined a college chapel ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2008/02/19/comments-from-alyssa-lord/ Dearest Worship Community, did you know that there is a channel on MCSquare that includes the current chapel rotation? believe it or not, it exists! it's interactive AND actually useful this year! to access this channel: 1) sign into MCSquare. 2) click the "Campus Life" tab. 3) scroll down. you should see the Worship ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2008/01/10/1728/ from the prayer for the community written by John Eskate: Lord God, this is crazy. Two nights ago I was yelling at you in my bed, demanding that you tell me how I’m supposed to deal with all of these projects that are due, of which I couldn’t even bring myself ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2007/11/29/prayer-for-the-community-11-29-07/ Urban Holmes proposed an understanding of spirituality based on two axes which, when used together, produce four types of orthodox Christian spirituality. According to Allan Sager, the vertical scale is an "orientation/ends" axis. The upper hemisphere represents those who seek illumination of the mind in their desire to know God. ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2007/10/03/4-types-of-spirituality/ http://www.seminars4worship.com/ http://www.acdaonline.org/ http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2007/09/25/as-promised/ Once we have come to the point that we can allow God to be for us always new, always beckoning--beyond any single way of worship, any one set of devotions, any need to be less than alive and full of the joy of it, any desire to close off people ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2007/05/04/healthy-spirituality/ For those of us who are liturgically minded and for those of us without a clue about the church calendar, Doug has a reminder: Easter Sunday, while it's the culmination of the season of Lent, is also the beginning of the season of Easter in the church calendar year. ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2007/04/12/easter-prayer/ go here: http://blogs.salon.com/0004870/message.html and listen to the clips from a concerned pastor: ready? comment! http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2007/03/16/concerned-pastor/ from Eugene Peterson's book A Long Obedience: "If Christians only worshipped when they felt like it, there would be precious little worship that went on. Feelings are important in many areas, but completely unreliable in matters of faith.... "Living in the age of sensation, we think that if we don't feel something, ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2007/02/26/278/ one of Doug's favorite thoughts on worship: "If creation includes all that God has made--physical material entities, as well as plants and animals, and all peoples and cultures--then all day long on a Christian college campus we study the praise and lament that all creation offers. Public worship simply gives explicit ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/worship_community/2006/12/07/reflection-on-worship/