What is worship? A while back in Reformed Worship, John Witvliet created a diagram to show the different meanings of...
Liturgy Lessons 
Worship will be our eternal occupation. In the meantime, here are some thoughts about the way we practice it at Church of the Servant.
Liturgy Lesson: Worship with Guts
Last week I was talking to a fellow minister of worship. In his church, the sermon dominates the worship service,...
Liturgy Lesson: Psalm 23
The twenty-third psalm is the nightingale of the psalms. It is small, of a homely feather, singing shyly out of...
Liturgy Lesson: Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Why do we sing languages other than English in worship at Church of the Servant? Doesn’t...
Liturgy Lesson: Under the Hood
Under the Hood Some of us may be tempted to think that all the work of worship takes place on...
Liturgy Lessons: The Worshiping Community
The Worshiping Community A number of people have asked me who those two new, young musicians are who have been...
Liturgy Lessons: Canticles
Canticles Astute observers will have noticed that in today’s liturgy we sang a song based on Isaiah 12:2-6 where we...
Liturgy Lessons: Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Just as the civic calendar begins a new cycle on January 1, the liturgical calendar begins with...
Liturgy Lessons: A COS Choir?
A COS Choir? My understanding of the history of Church of the Servant is that the church was established in...
Liturgy Lessons: Liturgy
Liturgy I was raised in a Pentecostal church. As you can imagine, we were always suspicious of liturgical worship. To...
Liturgy Lessons: The Law of the Lord, written on our hearts
The Law of the Lord: written on our hearts Stop what you’re doing right now and take this little test:...
Liturgy Lesson: Singing the Psalms
Singing the Psalms in church is a strange thing. On the one hand, no one is going to complain about...