Tag: Christian Worship
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Do You Worship on Autopilot?
I sometimes struggle with worshiping on autopilot. That struggle can happen for any number of reasons, but one that I don’t often think about is familiarity. I’ve been in and around church and worship services since before I could walk. Many parts of the worship service are so familiar and ingrained in me that I…
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Deepening Our Worship Experience
For many Christians, Sunday worship can feel routine—we sing, we listen, we leave. But what if we approached it with greater understanding and appreciation, recognizing that the liturgy isn’t just a set order of events but the story of Christ unfolding before us?
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Advent
[From Our Worth to Him: Devotions for Christian Worship by Mark Paustian. All rights reserved.] “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). I, a poor John the Baptist, made my way through a tangle of wheelchairs in a run-down nursing home. I was there to mark an…
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The Pastor
[From Our Worth to Him: Devotions for Christian Worship by Mark Paustian. All rights reserved.] “Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.” – Acts 20:28 Martin Luther commented that people would surely “run their feet bloody” if they thought there was a place where they might go and…