The Liturgy Project
A creative album that represents over 12 different church denominational traditions and 4,000 years of history ...
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Scriptural Examples of Liturgy
(Open the PDF for explanation)
Song Selection Tool | Fillable Form | Conference Video
(This Tool is further described in "Reconsidering Singing" below.)
Liturgical Planning Guide | Fillable Form
(Explanation of what this is in the PDF)
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Everyone and everything has a liturgy—a form. We all have a way of defining the world and we all desire to live into some kind of story—the stadium, the supermarket, the church, the college, etc. Everything in all of life follows a pattern in how it gathers and speaks to us, how it solicits a response from us, and in how it desires to commission us into its mission and purpose.
All Christian churches have a time devoted to a greeting (call to worship from God), a time for the Word (God speaks), a time to respond (we surrender to God), and time to be sent out (God sends). We all do it a bit differently in the specifics, but this general rhythm is how God gathers his people together before his throne.
This album considers the biblical, historical, and theological liturgies ("form") from over 12-different denominational traditions spanning 4,000 years and explores these artifacts in a relevant, musical, and creative way.
The Doxology Series | Books That Accompany the Album
Our little CD size booklets of 80-160 pages relating to theology have three different names or titles on the cover. This is a bit unusual, but is nonetheless intentional.
The first title, “The Doxology Series”, captures our vision and hope for these booklets as a whole. The second title, “Both/And”, explains our tactic and approach toward the various theological issues that we will engage and explore. The third title, “Reconsidering”, describes our desire for humilty as we question or pick apart issues important to the Christian faith.
We hope our work will enrich your faith, and teach us all how to preserve unity when looking into Biblical and Theological issues from a both/and perspective rather than a divisive either/or.
Reconsidering / Singing
In this book, a keyword outline of total, text, tone, and target is used to provide users with a simple way to objectively think through, evaluate, and shepherd the people of God through song.
This book also helps explain the Song Selection Tool in "Fillable PDF" format above.
Reconsidering / The Lord's Supper
Much of history and modern-church structures today have ignored, and altogether misrepresented the way in which Jesus, Paul, and the Early Church wrote about and experienced the Lord’s Meal.
This book considers the revolutionary change that would take place in churches today should we revisit and reconsider the New Testament Christians's experience of “The Meal as Mission.”
Reconsidering /
The Worship Leader & Liturgy
The term "Worship Leader" is considered normal in our church culture today, and yet is never mentioned in Scripture.
The word "Liturgy" is either unfamiliar or considered to be negative in church culture today and yet it is discussed quite heavily in the New Testament; particularly in regard to Jesus’ ministry as High Priest.
This book explores Scripture’s understanding of Jesus as our “Liturgist” throughout the cosmos, church, and culture. In turn, it challenges the modern caricatures of our own invention.
It will surprise many people to learn how the disciples and Jesus understood, and still understand, liturgical/worship leadership.