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Week 4 Reflections: Water – A Communal Life (Essentials Formation)

For: The Essentials Formation Online Worship Values Course with Dan Wilt This last week was a little overwhelming, not so much from a family emergency but from God really speaking a lot to me in a short period of time.  I … Continue reading

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Week 5 Final Project (Essentials Red)

For: The Essentials Course Online Worship Course with Dan Wilt Essentials Red Final Project: My Matthew 5 Prayer Labyrinth video can be viewed on YouTube ( <— please click on the link) For Essentials Red, our first week’s discussion on … Continue reading

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Week 4 Reflections (Essentials Red)

For: The Essentials Course Online Worship Course with Dan Wilt This week was about a language I am more familiar with, the language of music and the arts.  This is a language my heart speaks and that I am more conversant in … Continue reading

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Week 3 Reflections (Essentials Red)

For: The Essentials Course Online Worship Course with Dan Wilt This week was a deepening of the meaning of the Paschal Mystery.  I understand it but am still falling into it.  I am also a bit overwhelmed by all the liturgical rites, … Continue reading

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Week 2 Reflections (Essentials Red)

For: The Essentials Course Online Worship Course with Dan Wilt On the way to church, about 2 miles away is a little, very old Dunkard church.  For one of my Rockbridge Seminary courses, I did some graveyard surveys to analyze the demographics … Continue reading

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Week 1 Reflections (Essentials Red)

For: The Essentials Course Online Worship Course with Dan Wilt Classwise, this week was a bit over the top with reading and writing.  My current Rockbridge Seminary class, “Designing Creative Worship Experiences” is in the midst of week 7 of … Continue reading

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8 on its face

As we closed up worship with a song about God’s love this morning, I found myself dancing and swaying a bit. Slowly I became aware of a pattern being traced out, over and over, by my perceived path. It was … Continue reading

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Putting on Lily of the Valley – the Fragrance of Christ

Putting on the Fragrance of Christ – The Lily of the Valley When I get home to our pack of shelties, they exuberantly greet us and then nuzzle tight up against us.  This nuzzle isn’t just a light touch.  Their … Continue reading

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More Sure Than Ever (Praying the Kingdom of God)

This is just a short post and there is newest version of the Matthew 5 document. A few months ago, I started praying the Beatitudes.  At the very beginning was this sense that I desired all the be-attitudes to be … Continue reading

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Week 5 Reflections and Final Project Notes (Essentials Green)

For: The Institute of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephen’s University, Essentials Green Online Worship Values Coursewith Dan Wilt The song for my Essentials Green Final Project is called Revealed.  You can listen to it on my Mighty River Music site. Revealed Chorus: … Continue reading

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