“Worship” “Liturgy” “Service(s)” “Eucharist” “Mass” “Gathering” “Church” “Meeting” – these are some of the words that Christians use to describe their Sunday morning experience. While none are terrible, some are preferred by some tribes. Our own Lutheran tribe has a preference toward “Service,” specifically “Divine Service” due to the German word “Gottesdienst” which literally means…
“We continue by singing ‘Simeon’s song‘” has been how I have introduced the Nunc Dimittis for the past couple of weeks now (Latin for the first line’s of Simeon’s song in Luke, “Now, You dimiss [me]”). This was because someone was talking to me about how we help people, especially students, understand what is going…