Beyond Smells and Bells The Wonder and Power of Christian Liturgy

Name: Beyond Smells and Bells The Wonder and Power of Christian Liturgy
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ISBN: 9781557255211

ISBN-10: 1557255210

ISBN-13: 9781557255211

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mark Galli

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Are you attracted to liturgy but don't know why? Are you considering changing to a liturgical tradition? Are you already immersed in liturgical worship but want to grasp its deeper significance? Beyond Smells and Bells addresses the lure and relevance of liturgy for your life today.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Paraclete Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 142
Size: 8.00" wide x 5.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Galli is the managing editor of Christianity Today magazine. He previously edited Christian History. He received a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and for 10 years served as a Presbyterian pastor in parishes in Mexico City and California.He has written books on preaching, prayer and the challenges of pastoral ministry, and is a contributing writer to The Christian Millennial History Project. He is married with three children.



Introduction



Living the Old, Old Story: The Basic Outline of the Liturgy



Cosmic Daytimer: How the Liturgical Calendar Can Bring Order to Our Lives



Life Together: How the Liturgy Draws Us into Community



The Intimate Other: How the Liturgy Helps Us Meet a Holy and Loving God



If You Don't Get It, You've Got It: The Liturgy as a Mystery Full of Meaning



A More Real Culture: How the Liturgy Is More Relevant Than We Can Imagine



Bizarre, Holy Moments: How the Liturgy Reshapes Our Sense of Time



What You Don't See is What You Get: How the Liturgy Changes Our Sense of Place



Little Stillnesses: How the Liturgy Guides Us into Focused Grace



We Worship a Material Savior: Why the Liturgy Engages the Whole Body



Learning by Laughing: How the Liturgy Teaches Us the Faith



Living in the Trinity: How the Liturgy Changes Us at the Very Core of Our Being



Drunken Sobriety: How the Liturgy Helps Us to Know God with Imagination



Words of Living W-A-T-E-R: The Liturgy as Poetic Reality that Transforms


Acknowledgments



A Liturgy Primer



Liturgy Compared Across Traditions



The Christian Year


Notes