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Worship Workbench
Worship Workbench offers practical
teaching
about Christian worship and the preparation of liturgy from retired ELCIC
pastor and liturgy professor, Paul F. Bosch, CWA. Pastor Bosch offers
these essays as "shop-talk for worship leaders" with the wish that they
be useful, provocative and entertaining. While pastor Bosch speaks
to the particular context of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada,
much of what he offers is broadly accessible to the ecumenical community.
Pastor Bosch [e-mail]
has served a long and fruitful ministry as parish pastor, campus pastor, and
seminary teacher; he is a popular and inspiring preacher, teacher, worship
leader, and workshop leader. He served several terms each on the ULCA's
Commission on Church Architecture, on the LCA's Management Committee for
Worship, and on the ELCIC's Working Group on Worship. In the 1970's, as
the LBW was being developed, he served as Chaplain at no fewer than 26 Summer
Conferences on Worship, sponsored by ALC, LCA and LCMS, introducing LBW
resources.
In 1996, Pastor Bosch was honoured by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Canada as its
first Companion
of the Worship
Arts.
In 2002, he was named Dean of the Chapel Emeritus at Waterloo Lutheran
Seminary. Pastor Bosch currently serves as the Kitchener-Waterloo Conference
Resource Person for Worship. Pastor Bosch resides in Waterloo, Ontario.
Essays which bear most directly on matters related to the ELCIC's Reclaiming Our
Birthright project have the "Birthright" tag.
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Worship Workbench Essays
2013
2012
2011
- Essay 165 - December, 2011: Low
Mass, Part 3: What You See and What You Hear
- Essay 164 - October, 2011: Low
Mass, Part 2: Rubrics and Directions
- Essay 163 - September, 2011:
Low Mass, Part 1: Principles
- Essay 162 - August, 2011:
Mystagogy: Teaching Worshippers How to Worship
- Essay 161 - June, 2011: Maundy
Thursday's Foot-Washing
- Essay 160 - April, 2011: The
Print Piece
- Essay 159 - March, 2011: Who
Moves?
- Essay 158 - February, 2011:
Medieval Mystery Plays
- Essay 157 - January, 2011:
Banners: A Photo Gallery
2010
- Essay 156 - December, 2010: A
Eucharist for Atheists?
- Essay 155 - November, 2010: A
Customary for Worship: The Chief Artifactual Signs
- Essay 154 - October, 2010: A
Customary
for Worship: The Four Chief Architectural Signs
- Essay 153 - June, 2010: The
Vocation of Things
- Essay 152 - March, 2010:
Signing with the Cross
- Essay 151 - February, 2010: The
Scrutinies - 6: The Holy Communion
- Essay 150 - February, 2010: The
Scrutinies - 5: Confession and Forgiveness - The Office of the Keys
- Essay 149 - February, 2010: The
Scrutinies - 4: Holy Baptism
- Essay 148 - February, 2010: The
Scrutinies - 3: The Lord's Prayer
- Essay 147 - January, 2010: The
Scrutinies - 2: Four Gospels and the Creed
- Essay 146 - January, 2010:
The Scrutinies - 1: The Ten Commandments
2009
- Essay 145 - December, 2009: A Customary
for Worship: The Great Litany
- Essay 144 - November, 2009: A Customary
for Worship: Prayers in Worship
- Essay 143 - October, 2009: A Customary
for Worship: Orienting, Genuflecting, Reverencing and Kneeling
- Essay 142 - September, 2009: A
Customary for Worship: The Offertory: Some Ritual Options
- Essay 141 - August, 2009: A
Customary for Worship: Posture, Position and Gesture in Worship
- Essay 140 - July, 2009: About
Albs
- Essay 139 - June, 2009:
Whatever Happened to Confession?
- Essay 138 - April, 2009:
Whatever Happened to the Creeds? ~
Sung Nicene Creed
- Essay 137 - March, 2009: A
Customary for Worship: A Worship Planning Team
- Essay 136 - February, 2009: A
Customary for Worship: Introduction
- Essay 135 - January, 2009:
Speaking and Reading in Worship
2008
- Essay 134 - December, 2008:
Neo-Revivalist Worship
- Essay 133 - November, 2008: Pet
Peeves, Part 2
- Essay 132 - October, 2008:
Should Christians Celebrate Remembrance Day?
- Essay 131 -
September, 2008: When Faith Falters: A Bruised Reed; A Dimly Burning Wick
- Essay 130 -
August, 2008: "Pop Takes No Prisoners": Sunday School and Sacrament ~ Part
2
- Essay 129 -
July, 2008: Sermon Feedback
- Essay 128 -
June, 2008: East? West? North? South?
- Essay 127 -
May, 2008: To Build or Not To Build
- Essay 126 -
April, 2008: Discerning the Body: Christian Worship as Corporate Commitment
- Essay 125 -
March, 2008: Greening Christian Worship - Part 4: An Order for Blessing the
Fields
- Essay 124 -
February, 2008: Worship As Work
- Essay 123 -
January, 2008: Do Themes Compromise Ecclesiology?
2007
- Essay 122 -
December, 2007: Standing? Sitting? Kneeling? Does it Really Matter?
- Essay 121 -
November, 2007: Ecumenical Hospitality and the Clash of Pieties
- Essay 120 -
October, 2007: "Couch Potato Prayers" ~ Part Two
- Essay 119 -
September, 2007: "Reforming the Reforms?" or Subverting Vatican 2?
- Essay 118 -
August, 2007: Worship and Showbiz - Theology and Theatre
- Essay 117 -
July, 2007: Greening Christian Worship - Part 3: An Order for Daily Worship at
Home
- Essay 116 -
June, 2007: Greening Christian Worship - Part 2
- Essay 115 -
May, 2007: Greening Christian Worship - Part 1
- Essay 114 -
April, 2007: Nouns and Verbs
- Essay 113 -
March, 2007: Christian Worship Fifty Years From Now
- Essay 112 -
February, 2007: Adiaphora
- Essay 111 -
January, 2007: Fifty Nifty Things About Evangelical Lutheran Worship:
Rites
2006
- Essay 110 -
December, 2006:
Lost Causes
- Essay 109 -
November, 2006:
Fifty Nifty Things About Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Calendar and
Contents
- Essay 108 -
October, 2006:
Fifty Nifty Things About Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Graphics, Tabs,
Designations, "Patterns...", Rubrics
- Essay 107 -
September, 2006:
Fifty Nifty Things About Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Beginning a New
Series
- Essay 106 -
August, 2006:
WW '72: Chapter 7 ~ Making it Happen in the Congregation
- Essay 105 - July,
2006:
WW '72: Chapter 6 ~ How to Construct New Forms for Worship
- Essay 104 -
June, 2006:
WW '72: Chapter 5 (concluded) ~ Some Raw Materials for Worship
- Essay 103 - May,
2006:
WW '72: Chapter 5 (continued) ~ Some Raw Materials for Worship
- Essay 102 - April,
2006:
WW '72: Chapter 5 ~ Some Raw Materials for Worship
- Essay 101 -
March, 2006:
Cleanliness, Clothes & Company
- Essay 100 -
February, 2006: Stage
Three Renewal
- Essay 99 -
January, 2006: WW
'72: Chapter 4 (continued) ~ What's New? What Is Contemporary?
2005
- Essay 98 -
December, 2005: WW
'72: Chapter 4 ~ What's New? What Is Contemporary?
- Essay 97 -
November, 2005: WW
'72: Chapter 3 (continued) ~ The Tradition: Who Needs It?
- Essay 96 -
October, 2005:
Same-Sex Blessings and the Third Use of the Law
- Essay 95 -
September, 2005: WW
'72: Chapter 3 ~ The Tradition: Who Needs It?
- Essay 94 - August,
2005: The Days
of the Choir Are Over... ~ Part 2
- Essay 93 - July,
2005: WW '72:
Chapter 2 ~ Worship "In Spirit and In Truth": Liturgy Coming to Life (Section 4)
- Essay 92 - June,
2005: WW '72:
Chapter 2 ~ Worship "In Spirit and In Truth": Liturgy Coming to Life (Sections 1-3)
- Essay 91 - May,
2005: WW '72:
Chapter 1 ~ Worship in an Age of Change: II ~ Homo religiosus: "Bonhoeffer
Was
Wrong!"
- Essay 90 - April,
2005: Quasi
Modo
Geniti
- Essay 89 - March,
2005: WW '72:
Chapter 1 ~ Worship in an Age of Change: I ~ The Context: The Fourth Revolution
- Essay 88 -
February, 2005: WW '72:
Introduction ~ Christian Worship: A Working Model of the Gospel
- Essay 87 -
January, 2005: The
"Habitual
Be"
2004
- Essay 86 -
December, 2004: Politics,
Preaching and Prayer
- Essay 85 -
November, 2004: Faith
and
Forms: Part 2
- Essay 84 -
October, 2004: Faith and
Forms
- Essay 83 -
September, 2004:
Bookless in
Toronto: Part 2
- Essay 82 - August,
2004: Bookless
in
Toronto
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- Essay 81 -
July, 2004: Vital Parish
Worship? A Checklist
- Essay 80 - June,
2004: Revisiting
the
"Akron Plan"
- Essay 79 - May,
2004: The Custody
of the
Eyes
- Essay 78 - April,
2004: Ike and
Mike
- Essay 77 -
March, 2004: Of Roof
Tiles
and Wheel Covers: Honouring the Molecules - Part 2
- Essay 76 -
February, 2004: The
Tyranny
of Texts: Christian Worship as Post-Literate
- Essay 75 -
January, 2004: A
Thousand
Tongues to Sing: Honouring the Molecules
2003
- Essay 74 -
December, 2003:
Pretending
to Be Catholic: Living and Worshipping "As If"
- Essay 73 -
November, 2003:
Christian
Worship and the Constantinian Captivity of the Church
- Essay 72 -
October, 2003:
Ministries
in Worship 7: The Ministry of the Worship Planning Team
- Essay 71 -
September, 2003:
Ministries
in Worship 6: The Ministry of Musician / Organist
- Essay 70 -
August, 2003:
Same-Sex
Marriage
- Essay 69 - July,
2003: Jumping the
Shark at the Church of the Holy Drum-Set
- Essay 68 - June,
2003: Ministries
in Worship 5: The Ministry of Usher / Greeter
- Essay 67 - May,
2003: The Frailty
of God:
When Good Things Happen to Bad People
- Essay 66 - April,
2003: Pet
Peeves
- Essay 65 -
March, 2003: Ministries
in Worship 4: The Ministry of Acolytes
- Essay 64 -
February, 2003:
Ministries
in Worship 3: The Ministry of Assisting Ministers & Lectors
2002
- Essay 63 -
December, 2002:
Ministries in
Worship 2: The Ministry of Presiding Minister or What Alexander the Great Can
Teach
Worship Leaders
- Essay 62 -
November, 2002: Ritual
Impoverishment
- Essay 61 -
October, 2002:
Ministries
in Worship 1: The Ministry of Worshippers
- Essay 60 -
September, 2002: Julia
Roberts' Orthodontist: To Smile or Not to Smile
- Essay 59 -
August, 2002: Ecclesial
Taxonomy and the Geographic Parish
- Essay 58 - July,
2002: What
Humphrey
Bogart Can Teach Worship Leaders
- Essay 57 - June,
2002: Ushers at
Communion: "Hey you! It's your turn. Get up there!" ~ Birthright
- Essay 56 - April,
2002: Signs in
Worship
16: The Guide-to-Worship
- Essay 55 -
March, 2002: Signs in
Worship 15: Flowers and Greens
- Essay 54 -
January, 2002: The Sign
of the Cross: Hierarchical or Egalitarian?
2001
- Essay 53 -
November, 2001: Signs
in
Worship 14: Books: Bible and Altar Book
- Essay 52 -
October, 2001: The Four
C's: Fractured, Flawed -- and Faithful!
- Essay 51 -
September, 2001: Signs
in
Worship 13: Candles and Lamps
- Essay 50 - June,
2001: Signs in
Worship
12: Vestments, Paraments, Banners - Part 3: Flutter and Flap
- Essay 49 - May,
2001: Signs in
Worship
11: Vestments, Paraments, Banners - Part 2: Maniple, Anyone?
- Essay 48 - April,
2001: Signs in
Worship
10: Vestments, Paraments, Banners - Part 1: HUSS-ih-free, Mana
and the Amateur
- Essay 47 -
March, 2001: Worship
as
Gesamtkunstwerk: A Footnote on Christian Worship, the Virtual, and
the Real ~ Birthright
- Essay 46 -
February, 2001: Signs in
Worship 9: Water, Bread, Wine
2000
- Essay 45 -
December, 2000: Signs
in
Worship 8: Taking Stock of Our Toolbox ~ Birthright
- Essay 44 -
November, 2000: Signs
in
Worship 7: The Sedilia
- Essay 43 -
October, 2000: Signs in
Worship 6: Oil and Annointing
- Essay 42 -
September, 2000:
Design
for Discipleship? Read the Rubrics! ~ Birthright
- Essay 41 -
August, 2000: Learning
to Love What Grandma Loved: A Footnote on The Place of Retro in Worship
- Essay 40 - July,
2000: Signs in
Worship
5: The Pulpit / Lectern / Ambo
- Essay 39 - May,
2000: Signs in
Worship
4: The Altar-Table ~ Birthright
- Essay 38 - April,
2000: Signs in
Worship
3: The Font
- Essay 37 -
March, 2000: Signs in
Worship 2: Adiaphora or Media of Meaning? - Part 2 ~ Birthright
- Essay 36 -
January, 2000: Signs in
Worship 1: Adiaphora or Media of Meaning? - Part 1 ~ Birthright
1999
- Essay 35 -
December, 1999: Music
in
Worship: Martin Luther Meets Indiana Jones
- Essay 34 -
November, 1999: Oh,
Behave! Worship as Drama
- Essay 33 -
October, 1999:
Architecture
Always Wins 2
- Essay 32 -
September, 1999:
Architecture Always Wins 1
- Essay 31 -
August, 1999: Cafeteria
Communion ~ Birthright
- Essay 30 - July,
1999:
Eschatalogical
Prolepsis: "The truth is out there."
- Essay 29 - June,
1999: Quod
Ubique: Catholic... or Sectarian?
- Essay 28 - May,
1999: "Eucharist"?
"Holy Communion"? "Mass?" Whatever...
- Essay 27 - April,
1999:"Ghostly
Science": Subverting the "work of the people"?
- Essay 26 -
March, 1999: Grape
Juice?
Wine? Gatorade? Whatever... ~ Birthright
- Essay 25 -
February, 1999: "Good
Morning..."? "The Grace of Our Lord..."? Whatever...
- Essay 24 -
January, 1999: I Was a
Teenage Kataphatic ~ Birthright
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