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This Sunday, April 19, is the Second Sunday of Easter on the liturgical calendar, and I would have found that peculiar as a child when we didn’t follow such calendars and Easter was a one-day event. Year after year we drove deep down into Southeast Texas to spend the...

Baptists aren’t leaders in liturgical innovation. In fact, we’re kind of spare in our worship rituals. We focus more on inner experience than outer ceremony. But we’re also human, and humans are incorrigible meaning-makers. At Wilshire, we’ve added a few splashes to...

I should be in New Orleans this Sunday morning preparing to watch my Baylor Lady Bears win their second consecutive national championship. Every year, I take a pilgrimage with my mom to the NCAA Women’s Final Four and National Championship. Last year, I got to watch...

How does one prepare for worship when we’re as scattered as we are today? When you can come to worship in your pajamas with breakfast laid out in front of you, how much preparation do you really need? Having been at home watching the livestream along with you the last...

By Leanna Coyle-Carr, pastoral resident In both of the church’s penitential seasons there is a special Sunday halfway through. In Advent, we light a pink candle on Gaudate Sunday, remembering to rejoice amidst our preparations and active waiting for Christ. Similarly,...