| Bringing you relevant inspiration, right for this moment. |  | | february 2023 | Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore. —Sir Francis Drake As we enter into Lent, may we pray for our hearts to be disturbed in all the right ways. We encourage you to spend time individually, as worship leaders and pastors, and as congregations, listening for the ways in which the Holy Spirit is calling you to live out your calling in new, courageous ways. See the blog on Reformed Worship’s website for the full text of this poem attributed to Sir Francis Drake. —RW | | |  | | | | I love to preach, but as I thought back over the lenten seasons of the last decade or so, I found it isn't the sermons of Lent that stand out in my memory. It's the liturgy as a whole. So much of our Reformed tradition revolves around the sermon, but Lent is beyond words. Lent and Easter are about actions. So my advice to pastors as they prepare for this season is… | | Paid advertisements |  | | | | | | |  | | | | Each Sunday during Lent a child presents a different cross that is hung on a branch or bare tree. A spoken explanation of the meaning of that cross is provided. On the last Sunday the entire congregation is invited to bring and hang their own crosses. | | | | |  | | | A poetic litany for lent by Rob Jellema (1927-2018), who was a poet and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland.  | | | | | | | Worship planning Resources | | | | | Reformed Worship has rich resources for preachers and worship planners whose worship services follow the Lectionary. Lent and Easter Scroll to the bottom of the article to find a colored, reproducible, children’s activity page that teaches about Lent and Easter. Each week another phrase is added to the Lord’s Prayer during Lent to encourage its memorization. The prayer litany further expands on that week’s added statement. Using common materials to communicate the themes of Lent This article contains ideas for how to use common materials to create a liturgical art installation and deepen the Lenten experience with no explanation needed. | | | Paid advertisements |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A poem attributed to Sir Francis Drake. | | | | | | | | | | Repetitive or Redundant? | | | We can use language to open the door to true worship by the grace of God, but he makes that worship true in every heart, not us. Repetition can be the tool needed on a particular Sunday to hammer through the walls of hardened hearts or it can be the means by which worship rises to a climactic crescendo of praise. We labor in the fields, but God brings about the harvest. | | | | | | | | Subscribe to our award-winning quarterly worship journal and be able to read articles with this symbol:
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