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singing is a wonderful embodied expression of worship (provided you enjoy it, that is). Singing involves the body, the emotions and the brain in a wonderful chemistry of worship. Worship that takes the body seriously needs to ensure that singing, and other embodied experiences, are woven deep into our services, our prayer life and our other times w

The design of the interior is inviting to an almost excessive degree, drawing both seekers and the faithful into the enclosed interior spaces, with windows on the ceiling open to the sky but none on the walls open to the surrounding moat of automobiles. The sense conveyed is one of vertical or transcendent openness that at the same time shuts off t

This architectural mode of enclosure and enfolding suggests sanctuary, retreat, and escape. From the narthex entry one is invited to lose oneself in this space that channels the pilgrim into a labyrinth of octagons and circles, inviting a wandering that seems to escape from the driven, goal-oriented ways we inhabit the “outside” world. The pilgrim

less is actually a blessing Jesus wants less for you in a lot of ways he wants less of the world that distracts you from himself

Silence fosters oppression, but you can speak up for those without a voice. Silence traps people in shame, but your voice can communicate grace to those trapped in sin. Silence endangers and threatens to destroy delicate relationships, but you can say the words needed for healing. It’s time to speak.

To honour means to respect, to regard, to value and to esteem. It has to be outworked through four areas: our words, our giving, our service and our obedience.

If God has freed his people from the guilt and power of sin, then preachers have no right to put believers back under the weight Jesus bore.31 For many preachers, this is a particularly difficult imperative because in their own experience they have been so motivated by unrelenting guilt or by subtle appeal to greed that they have no real concept of

We need to put the spirit of devotion into Monday's business as well as in Sunday's worship. We need the spirit of devotion, to recollect always the presence of God, to be always doing the will of God, to direct all things always to the glory of God.