When I tell other worship leaders that I serve at Church of the Servant, they often reply, “That’s the church...
Liturgy Lessons 
Worship will be our eternal occupation. In the meantime, here are some thoughts about the way we practice it at Church of the Servant.
Liturgy Lesson: Dot, dot, dot…
Today’s printed liturgy introduces something brand new to Church of the Servant’s worship: the ellipsis. Grammatically aware worshipers will know...
Liturgy Lesson: Treasures Old and New
In Matthew 13:52 Jesus says these enigmatic words to his disciples: “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the...
Liturgy Lesson: About Those Hyenas…
One of the things that drew me to Church of the Servant was its commitment to worship that is “Reformed...
Liturgy Lesson: Jesus, Lover of My Soul
It would be hard to find a hymn that has made such an imprint on the heart of the Christian...
Liturgy Lesson: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
Lent is a time of penitence, but like too much in our spiritual lives, we often try to do it...
Liturgy Lesson: Hard Work
I have a friend who claims that churches which sing only quickly learned, easily understood songs display a lazy, self-centered...
Liturgy Lesson: Magnificat
On this first day of the liturgical New Year, and throughout Advent, we’ll be singing a Magnificat instead of the...
Liturgy Lesson: A New Hymnal?
Churches mark time with hymnals, their collective memory shaped by each new season of song. This summer a new era...
Liturgy Lesson: On Your Behalf
Attentive worshipers will have noticed that we have been using a variety of musical settings of the Lord’s Prayer throughout...
Liturgy Lesson: Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed
We modern Christians have mixed feelings about singing “blood” songs. We understand Christ’s blood to be a necessary part of...
Liturgy Lesson: Perfect Harmony?
Forty or fifty years ago, there wasn’t much question of what one would find when opening a hymnal: congregational songs...