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It never ceases to be a source of wonder to me that so many people, in the final moments of their lives, may forget the names or faces of loved ones, but they remember the Lord’s Prayer and Psalm 23....
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A few years ago I read an article in which it was suggested that couples who have been married for a long time remember things better than those who live alone. The reason is that these couples tend...
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Come time ago, I was listening to the radio and the person being interviewed – a stalwart from the anti-apartheid struggle days, who is now part of the opposition party in our country – was asked how...
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A few years ago I bumped into a woman who had been a member at an independent Pentecostal church at which I had been the worship director. She had heard that I was now a Methodist minister and was...
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Stop for a moment and sit in silence. Try to make it to one minute without actually timing yourself. How comfortable was the silence for you? A few years ago, at a Good Friday Three-Hour Service I was...
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Think about the church building in which you usually worship. What does it remind you of? Do you find it helpful or a hindrance to your worship experience? Does it help you or hinder you in your...
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What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘liturgy’? Do you think of words printed on a page? Perhaps you imagine a very structured, formal service of worship in which spontaneity and contemporary...
View Article(7) Mindfulness
It never ceases to be a source of wonder to me that so many people, in the final moments of their lives, may forget the names or faces of loved ones, but they remember the Lord’s Prayer and Psalm 23....
View Article(6) Memory
A few years ago I read an article in which it was suggested that couples who have been married for a long time remember things better than those who live alone. The reason is that these couples tend...
View Article(5) Hope
Come time ago, I was listening to the radio and the person being interviewed – a stalwart from the anti-apartheid struggle days, who is now part of the opposition party in our country – was asked how...
View Article(4) Creativity
A few years ago I bumped into a woman who had been a member at an independent Pentecostal church at which I had been the worship director. She had heard that I was now a Methodist minister and was...
View Article(3) Silence
Stop for a moment and sit in silence. Try to make it to one minute without actually timing yourself. How comfortable was the silence for you? A few years ago, at a Good Friday Three-Hour Service I was...
View Article(2) Participation
Think about the church building in which you usually worship. What does it remind you of? Do you find it helpful or a hindrance to your worship experience? Does it help you or hinder you in your...
View Article(1) Ritual
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘liturgy’? Do you think of words printed on a page? Perhaps you imagine a very structured, formal service of worship in which spontaneity and contemporary...
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