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| Let's Talk about Church | |
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| Is Your Church for Real? | |
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| On the Streets Where We Have Lived | |
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| Worshiping in the Now | |
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| Worship Services Can't Be Served Smorgasbord | |
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| Attitude Check | |
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| Not How, Who! | |
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| This God Is Our God | |
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| Three Cheers for Stiff, Rigid Rows of Seats! | |
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| The Church Service Is a Stage Play | |
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| Broken Bottles | |
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| When Lake Avenuers Got Broken | |
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| Leaders Must Often Follow Followers | |
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| Now Let's Go through a Worship Service | |
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| What a Worship Service Is | |
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| Up with Worship! | |
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| Worship Looks Up | |
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| Whom Will Your Church Love, God or Self? | |
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| God among Us | |
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| Christians Don't Naturally Worship | |
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| Worship Is Fundamentally an Offering | |
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| What Should Be in Your Hand When You Come to Church | |
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| What Should Be in Your Heart When You Come to Church | |
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| In the Holy of Holies | |
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| God's Preparation Tactic | |
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| Anne's Notes on One of Ray's Sermons | |
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| Who's Responsible for This Thing, Anyway? | |
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| About Hype | |
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| The Buck Stops Here | |
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| Those Beautiful Words, "Then the Lord ..."! | |
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| Meanwhile, Back behind the Scenes | |
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| The Printed Bulletin | |
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| Spontaneity Is Not More Spiritual | |
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| Make Your Worship Service Like a Game of Ping-Pong | |
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| The Prehuddle Huddle | |
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| The Sunday Morning Huddle | |
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| And Now, a Word to the Ushers | |
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| About Hymnbooks | |
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| The Prelude | |
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| Familiar Songs and Hymns Are Where the Power Connects | |
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| Suggestions for Noncreative Organists | |
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| What Songs, What Hymns? All Church Staffers, Take Note | |
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| Instead of a Prelude | |
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| Body Language Is Powerful Communication | |
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| The Body of Christ Nourishes Itself in Worship | |
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| Up-fronters, Your Bodies Matter Too | |
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| How to Sing a Praise Song or Hymn | |
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| Organ Bridges | |
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| About the Special Music | |
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| Attention, All Praise Songwriters | |
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| Musicians, Beware! | |
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| The Job of the Contemporary Worship Leader | |
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| The Pastoral Prayer | |
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| The Offertory | |
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| Why Am I Writing? Why Are You Reading? | |
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| Church People, Get with It! | |
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| Essential Ingredients for a Happening | |
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| Are Your Choir or Band Members Really All There in Worship? | |
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| The Minister of Music Undershepherds His Musicians | |
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| ...And the Musicians Submit to Being a Flock | |
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| A Service's Flow | |
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| Announcements | |
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| A Worship Service Really Can Be Worship | |
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| Sacraments Are Special | |
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| An Alternative to Churchgoing | |
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| That Exciting Scripture Reading | |
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| A Time When Bible Reading Was Cherished | |
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| How Not to Listen to a Sermon | |
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| A Sermon Doesn't Have to Be All at Once | |
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| Preaching | |
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| How to Listen to a Sermon | |
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| What Makes a Sermon Biblical? | |
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| Turning Away from the Mirror | |
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| The Conclusion of the Service | |
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| It's Still Dialogue Time | |
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| After the Postlude | |
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| Suppose It Really Happens | |