A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON WORSHIP AND THE ARTS, PART 5
...we are selfish. We want to please ourselves more than our brothers and sisters in the Faith, and even, all too frequently, than the Lord Jesus.
Read MoreA Few Observations On Worship And The Arts : Part Four: Worship Wars
This polarization led to sorrow, division, and stultification in many parts of the Church, and to an uneasy stand-off which, though somewhat better in our time, nonetheless continues to this day.
Read MoreA Few Observations On Worship And The Arts: Part Three
When those from among the resultant counter-culture were converted to the Faith (mainly large numbers of younger people), they carried into the Church those speech, clothing, and musical fashions of the culture they were from, not unnaturally (or unreasonably) wanting to render praise to God in forms they knew and appreciated.
Read MoreExcrudescences and Deviations: The Desolation of Tolkien (From Dec. 2013)
Despite it being a passably entertaining film (did I mention orcs?), it bears less and less similarity to the story Jackson and crew highjack in order to make more money.
Read MoreAn Open Letter to St. John the Divine (July 27, 2013)
This is important, and I think it's a reality all too often lost on our parishioners who frequently don't grasp the full scope of what God is doing in our church, and consequently neither realize nor value St. John the Divine as they shou
Read MoreObservations on Worship and the Arts (Part 2)
When God’s Pleasure in worship is primarily sought, blessings will inevitably result, worshippers will experience the Presence of God, and His Glory will fall.
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