Worship and Liturgy
The Writing Work of the People
Liturgical Writing as Spiritual, Theological, and Prophetic Work Jill Y. Crainshaw Invites readers to use their own voices to enliven personal and collective worship. What ideas, hopes, dreams, and laments do the words of worship stir in our hearts and minds? What images of God swirl up out of our communal prayers and hymns to shape what we believe and who we are as people of faith? We know that words can heal and draw us together, or words can hurt and divide. Christian communities proclaim and embody this wisdom each time we celebrate God’s Word made flesh in Jesus. Leaders and worshipers in differing contexts write and speak in a wide variety of ways. As such, this book is for pastoral leaders, chaplains, and other ministers who imagine, craft, and offer worship words for each Sunday—and in the diversity of everyday moments.
Church Publishing 9781640654013 $18.95 paper | 5.5 x 8.5 | 160 pages August 17, 2021
“This book breathes with Abundant Life. . . . Crainshaw is unapologetic about the divine power of the biblical and liturgical words we inherit and invites the reader to consider if these sacred words are the seeds of our own speech and life.” —The Rev. Dr. Tricia Lyons, Senior Advisor to the Dean for Evangelism Formation, Virginia Theological Seminary JILL Y. CRAINSHAW is Blackburn Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. The author of many books and articles, including When I in Awesome Wonder: Liturgy Distilled from Everyday Life and They Spin with Their Hands: Women’s Ordination Rites: Renewing God’s Story with God’s People, she is also a published poet. Crainshaw is a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (US).
Related Titles Liturgy on the Edge Pastoral and Attractional Worship Samuel Wells Renowned vicar of St. Martin in the Fields, Sam Wells, and members of the church staff offer insights about the intersections between liturgy and outreach. 9781640651562 | $19.95 | paper Better Get It In Your Soul What Liturgists Can Learn from Jazz Reid Hamilton and Stephen Rush This book offers hope to parishes searching for a way to make their liturgies more meaningful in the local context. 9780898695748 | $19.95 | paper
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