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January 24, 2021
We are grieved to share the news that our friend and colleague Scott Weidler died peacefully January 23, 2021. He was a brilliant Cantor and liturgical musician, a regular leader at our workshops, a formative presence in Music That Makes Community and a member of the Liturgy Canada Executive. We send prayers of comfort to his husband Zia, his family, and to all who mourn his loss.
Real Presence: The Meal
Click to read a recap of some of the day’s presentations.
http://liturgy.ca/real-presence-proclaiming-the-word-4/
Real Presence: Proclaiming the Word
Click here to read a review of our April 23, 2017 conference on Proclaiming the Word.
Report on Responding to the Word_rev.1_JFB
Rediscovering the Prayers of the People
Jesus’ teaching about prayer is paradoxical, to say the least: “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” (Matthew 6: 7-8) So why pray at all, if God already knows what we need, and even knows what’s on our minds? And do we really think we can persuade God to do something God would not have been inclined to do?
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The Sunday Morning Crisis: rethinking the relation between liturgy and mission
Why have most of the baptized given up on Sunday worship? While church authorities argue about the way worship should be conducted and what kind of music and preaching should be featured, many of even the most informed and conscientious Christians have apparently concluded it’s not worth the trouble. It’s not that they have stopped ‘doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly with their God’ (Micah 6:8); it’s just that confusion about the purpose of Sunday morning has taken its toll.
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