I was confronted by one of the assumptions that I make about life and church recently when reading the comments from my post on what to do with your hands during worship. I made the assumption that words for singing would be on a screen and you would not have to hold a hymnal. For […]
Sometimes I am not quite sure what to do with my hands while singing at church. I am not particularly comfortable with raising my hands, even when the song says “I lift my hands.” This is part of my personality and part of my current context. I want to share with you the things that […]
I preached last night at the Ash Wednesday service at Resurrection Central. I believe that God used me to introduce and remind people of God’s story, their story and to offer the invitation to connect the two. Throughout the day yesterday, I found that I was getting a significant traffic spike here at Thoughts of […]
I am preparing to preach the Ash Wednesday service tomorrow at Resurrection. I have been working to pull it together and it will get there, but it is not quite there yet. Would you pray for me today? If you are in the Kansas City area, I invite you to worship with us for Ash […]
It has been an adventure leading the Vibe worship service on Sunday mornings in the Student Center at Resurrection’s central campus. I love the feel, the people and the music. Yesterday, I had the joy to baptize the third infant in that service. It is great. To get a taste of the service, check out […]
I invite you to worship with The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection on Sunday, February 1 online at http://live.cor.org and hear a sermon by Adam Hamilton addressing homosexuality as a part of the sermon series When Christians Get it Wrong. I was in worship on Saturday night, enjoyed the sermon and appreciated Adam’s sermon. […]
I trust Kevin and have added to my wish list from his Top 10 Books of 2008. Thanks to Dagney for the open, honest and raw expression at A Very Serious Post, Not for the Feint Hearted. Make sure that you are not Swatting at gnats Why not? A UMC Coffee House My Family is […]
Last night, I went to one of the Christmas Eve Eve services with the Vibe worship team in preparation for services today. The candlelighting sequence is beautiful every time. I love it. The depth of the darkness and the brightness of thousands of candles is a moving contrast. Today I will be helping lead the […]
I find this to be beautiful and genius. How could the church be more like this? Operating with a particular plan, all moving toward one goal and the result being far greater than what one would be accomplish alone. Could sermons, worship, bible study, administration, committees work like this? Is it possible to be this […]
May we… Let us… I find these to be among the most annoying phrases that I hear in church. They are both asking permission, which is almost never appropriate when they are used. For example… Let us pray. O God may we live as your people. etc… Let us. Seriously? How about “I invite you […]
This morning we are finding out more about the expectations for what is to come next. Each person here will be gathering a group to write liturgies in each of the following areas: Holy Communion Baptism Death and Resurrection Christian Marriage Here is a presentation on Understanding the Open Source Cores for the Open Source […]
I am at the first session of the Open Source Liturgy Project hosted by the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church in lovely Nashville. I flew in on Southwest Airlines this afternoon and had a great experience getting out of the airport and to the shuttle on to Scarritt Bennett where I […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 