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About Congregational Singing

I recently attended a traditional worship service where the emotional and spiritual highlight for me was the opening and closing hymns. This was not because the sermon message was subpar Read More

Jeff Morlock In , Seminarians, Young Timothy

“Here Am I. Send Me!”

Of all the voices in the world calling you to be this or do that with your life, how will you discern God’s call? While God calls persons into full Read More

Douglas Schoelles In , Seminarians, Young Timothy

Dead Faith

Don’t play with dead fish! Mom said don’t bring it home thinking we’ll eat it! A dead fish is useless and worthless. What are we to do with dead faith? Read More

Kim Smith In Newsletters

January 2022 Newsletter

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Worship Attendance and Our National Mental Health Crisis

I admit my tendency to often base my columns on the insights and observations of other writers. No doubt some of you question whether I have any original thoughts, opinions Read More

Don Brandt In

Discipling Your Online Worshipers

With the Delta variant reminding us that this pandemic will be around at least into 2022, many congregations are facing the fact that they will not be seeing a significant Read More

Don Brandt In

Increasing (in-Person) Worship Attendance: “One Sunday at a Time”

From a Washington Post article on March 29, 2021: “Church membership in the United States has fallen below the majority [of the population] for the first time in nearly a Read More

Ken Coughlan In

Navigating the Copyright Minefield when Live Streaming Worship

When COVID hit last year, having an online presence (often including live streaming of our worship services) became a more common tool to help churches stay connected with their congregations. Read More

Kim Smith In Newsletters

March 2021 Newsletter

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