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Liturgical Nerds · 1Y ago

Hitting the Pause Button

Well, the day has finally come: it looks like we’ll be hanging up the regular blogging here for a while. Possibly a long while. We’ve got loads on our plates, and as much as we enjoy writing together, it’s just been a bit much. If something’s worth doing, then it’s worth doing well, right? Juan [...
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

Ordinary Time badge

With the passing of the Day of Pentecost, the Church has entered into Ordinary Time. This season, represented by the color green, focuses upon the growth of the community of faith into “the knowledge and love of Christ.” Remind all your web visitors & blog readers that “ordinary is beautiful” with o
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

Easter Season badge

Well, the Easter celebrations have begun already around the world: “The Lord is risen indeed” and “Christos anesti” and even the “Alleluias” are sounding again! Want to spice up your blog or website? Remind everyone that Easter is a 50-day celebration with lasting power beyond that of Peeps & Cadbur
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

Field Report: Kindle Funeral

We’re proud to be able to start a new resource on LN: Field Reports. From time to time, a first-person account of a unique or innovative liturgical event will be featured. The first in this series features Rev. Jeff Slater trying to manage outdoor funerals on the wintry & windy plains… I’ve long bel
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

Deliver Us From Evil

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. Luke 4:1-2 As Lent begins, we have repented, and have [...]
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

A Shattered Conscience on Ash Wednesday

All my life I wish I broke mirrors instead of promises Cause all I see is a shattered conscience staring right back at me –Owl City, “Tidal Wave” There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t feel adequate to the task that has been set before me. I don’t think it is that [...]
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

Lent liturgical banner

If you haven’t heard already, today’s the first day of Lent: Ash Wednesday. We invite you to share the meaning of this important season in your own personal spiritual life as well as in the life of the church by adding a banner to your website or blog. This image was taken in January 2006 [...]
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

In Praise of Strong and Open Liturgy

The task of the assembly is a task of polarity: make the center strong, the symbols large, the words of Christ clear, and make that center accessible, the circle large, the periphery permeable. Gordon Lathrop, Holy Things (132) I am unabashedly smells & bells: I love Gothic cathedrals (and all churc
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Liturgical Nerds · 2Y ago

New Things in the New Year

Well, many of you are thinking about the last year or decade tonight…or the new one that begins at midnight! We’ve been reflecting on the past as well as thinking about the future. We are excited about possibilities for the upcoming year. We’re especially looking forward to our Lent series, which th
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