Why You Need Advent More Than You Realize
This article discusses the benefit of Advent, as a help for training to wait, which is for our sanctification and relates to God's divine purposes.
Reformation Day Liturgy
Gratitude for a church's heritage and reflection on its significance can add depth to its worship. This article wants to be a help in preparation of a Reformation Day liturgy.
Liturgy and the Preaching Roster
Incarnation and Passion
Why Not "Move" Advent to November?
How should worship planners make use of the liturgical calendar, and in this case in particular Advent? This article gives a number of considerations when reflecting on the function of the liturgical calendar.
Calendar for the Church Year
This article explains the calendar for the church year, covering terms like Lent and advent.
Purim, Passover, Pentecost - celebrating three Old Testament Spring festivals
This article provides resources to celebrate three Old Testament festivals, in their “Christianized” versions.
Becoming More Common: Why More and More Congregations Are Turning to the Common Lectionary for Worship Planning
This article considers particular advantages of making use of a Common Lectionary for worship planning.
Beyond Trumpets and Lilies – Practical Ideas for the 90-Day Easter Cycle
This article offers practical ideas on how to observe the so-called Easter cycle as part of the liturgical calendar—forty days before and fifty days after Easter.
Service Planning for the Season after Pentecost
Service Planning for the Season after Pentecost
This article offers suggestions on the planning of worship services for the church calendar after Pentecost.
An Annual Rhythm for Worship
How would you react if a ban were placed on the celebration of Christmas? Many Christians are reluctant to celebrate other holy days from the Christian church year; seasons like Advent, Epiphany, Pentecost, and Lent seem to have a Roman Catholic or Episcopalian aura about them. This article wants to cut through some of the mystery about these seasons.
The Calendar of the Orthodox Church
This article looks at the church calendar or church year of the Greek Orthodox Church. It looks at the history and development of the church calendar, the holy days, and the fast days.
The Observance of Christmas
This article looks at the Christian calendar, observing sacred days and the regulative principle.
Especially on the Day of Rest
This article is about the Sunday as the day of public worship, and how the Christian festivals were viewed in the early church. It focuses on the liturgical year of the early church.