Thank you. One of the things I appreciate about liturgical worship is the small role of sermons. They can be great or dumb, short or long, but none of that makes the liturgy what it is. From beginning to end, we are immersed in scripture—the epistle reading, the holy gospel, the psalms, the words of institution, and so on. And the Word is lifted up for us as something, as you say, alive, something filled with the Holy Spirit, something we can enter into and allow to change us.
Thank you for this reminder of the primacy and beauty and singularity of God’s word.
I stole the idea for this article from a note I read on subtack. I comment that here in case by some strange chance it was your note. I hate I did not jot down whose it was.
Thank you. One of the things I appreciate about liturgical worship is the small role of sermons. They can be great or dumb, short or long, but none of that makes the liturgy what it is. From beginning to end, we are immersed in scripture—the epistle reading, the holy gospel, the psalms, the words of institution, and so on. And the Word is lifted up for us as something, as you say, alive, something filled with the Holy Spirit, something we can enter into and allow to change us.
Thank you for this reminder of the primacy and beauty and singularity of God’s word.
I stole the idea for this article from a note I read on subtack. I comment that here in case by some strange chance it was your note. I hate I did not jot down whose it was.
Wasn’t me! 😊
lol that would have been a strange coincidence for sure. I am thankful for your encouragement.