Sentences with phrase «worship traditions»

Recently, I had the chance to step aside from my own worship tradition and experience someone else's.

These congregations see their theological heritage as a gift, intentionally teach newcomers about the faith, and celebrate their own unique worship traditions.

Such patterns and forms help establish meaningful worship traditions.

They are more likely to change worship traditions to appeal to modern people.

Yezidi rituals may trace back to nature - worshiping traditions of ancient Mesopotamia, although their monotheistic religion contains elements of Islam and other faiths.

There are neo-Reformation proponents among Catholics and Episcopalians, as well as among Lutheran, Reformed and Wesleyan groups — each reflecting a different worship tradition but having common aims.

Clearly, rethinking worship traditions isn't easy but change is inevitable if the church is to survive.

The children can be participants and attend holiday and worship traditions of either parent, with the understanding that the agreed - upon faith of the children is understood.

If we need to write more songs or design more light shows only to amuse ourselves and keep us focused (nothing wrong with doing those things; I'm pointing to the reason for doing them), then we have not yet understood that a worship tradition — a worship routine, if you will — is how we reinforce our worship desire.

They worship tradition, dress up in gaudy expensive clothes and march around, making arbitrary rules and regulations about every little thing, thinking if they do these things and make magical gestures that this somehow «cleanses» the outside of the cup, yet Jesus already knew of their type of priest in the old days, speaking against Pharisees for doing the exact same things the Catholics have been doing for centuries.

More than any other group, Episcopalians pointed to their worship traditions — not to beliefs — as the force binding them together.

Not everyone has such a worship tradition on which to draw, of course.

When loyalty to civic and family values interferes with loyalty to Jesus Christ, serious consideration should be given to the possibility that a nonliturgical, so - called «free» worship tradition may reinforce «family pew» loyalties.

The Sunday School had, and still has, a worship tradition with its own music.

Her worship tradition certainly did not collapse as a result of these changes, though the structures of her «church life» were modified.

We need congregations in which alternatives to our culture can appear in the rich and transcendent messages of our theological and worship traditions.