The second worship service, held on Wednesday, June 17, was called “A Renewed Church”. Music was led by musicians from Christ Kingdom Church, University Presbyterian, Willow Creek Presbyterian and Laura Story Elvington, a guest artist from Perimeter Church in suburban Atlanta. We sang the following hymns/songs: Awesome is the Lord Most High Words and Music: [...]
Tuesday evening’s worship service was entitled “A Renewed Church Leadership”, going along with the theme for the week, “All Things New”. Music was led by the combined musicians of Orangewood Presbyterian in Maitland, Florida and Seven Rivers Presbyterian in Lecanto, Florida (as well as assembly organist Larry Roff leading us on a couple of the [...]
Last week, I attended the 2009 General Assembly of my denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America. This year’s assembly was held in sunny Orlando, Florida at the Coronado Hotel and Convention Center at Walt Disney World. (It’s worth pointing out that the choice of Disney World was made several years ago, long before anyone thought [...]
Skye Jethani asks whether we are that different from the Crusaders in his new book, The Divine Commodity: When Christians with a consumer consciousness try to wrap their imaginations around such a large undertaking [as the Great Commission], they will automatically think about products or corporations that have impacted the world and emulate the same [...]
On page 151 of The Divine Commodity, Skye Jethani writes: Hospitality was never about changing oneself to fit the desires and expectations of the guest, but rather about loving and honoring the guest by welcoming her into the reality of one’s life and community with open arms. But this view has been radically changed in [...]
In The Divine Commodity, Skye Jethani writes: These pastors [who encourage church leaders to "embrace entertainment"], representative of so many contemporary Christians, believe that God changes lives through the commodification and consumption of experiences. If our worship gatherings are energetic, stimulating, and exciting enough then people will attend, receive what’s being communicated, and be spiritually [...]
