Worship in Light of the Cross: Meditations for Lent

by John Indermark

Overview

How can the cross shed light on what we do in worship and why-not just in the Lenten season but in every season?

John Indermark urges us to focus on the cross, its imprint on how we worship as a community, and how it transforms our discipleship. This 6-week study inspires us to connect corporate worship with our daily lives. He organizes the daily readings according to the components of corporate worship: gathering, invocation, confession, proclamation, creed, response, and sacrament.

• Leader's Guide helps you share this worship experience with your community of faith.
• Daily readings are key in preparing you for worship experiences.
• Each daily reading includes a reflection question or action.
• Includes ideas for creating a weekly worship center to emphasize each week's theme.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780835815741
Publisher:	Upper Room Books
Publication date:	10/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	374 KB

About the Author

John Indermark is a minister in the United Church of Christ and a graduate of Eden Theological Seminary. His ministry consists of writing Christian Education curricula for The Present Word, Seasons of the Spirit, and The New International Lesson Annual. John has authored nine spiritual formation books published by Upper Room Books. John also has written resources published by Logos Productions for confirmation (Crossings) and adult education (Adult Crossings). Since moving from full-time parish ministry into his ministry of writing in 1992, John has also provided extended pulpit supply and transitional ministry in various Presbyterian and Lutheran congregations in southwest Washington and northwest Oregon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Foreword 11

Processional 13

Ash Wednesday: Luke 9:51; Psalm 122 Pilgrims 13

Week 1 Gathering: Forming Community 15

Day 1 Matthew 16:24 If and Then 17

Day 2 Jeremiah 29:11 The Plan 19

Day 3 Galatians 3:28 Boundary Breaking 21

Day 4 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 Counterintuitive 23

Day 5 Ezekiel 34:11-16 Search and Rescue 25

Day 6 John 19:26-27 Transformed Relationship 27

Week 2 Invocation: Attending to the Holy 29

Day 1 Luke 23:39-41 Do You Not Fear God? 31

Day 2 Matthew 8:18-27 Who Is This? 33

Day 3 Exodus 3:1-6 Holy Grounding 35

Day 4 Mark 8:27-33 The Anointed 37

Day 5 1 Kings 19:1-13 Surprise! 39

Day 6 Mark 15:39 Truly 41

Week 3 Confession: Honest to God 43

Day 1 Matthew 26:36-44 Baring the Heart 45

Day 2 Psalm 32:1-5 Release 47

Day 3 Genesis 18:17-33 Intercession 49

Day 4 Matthew 15:21-28 The Woman Who Schooled Jesus 51

Day 5 Exodus 2:23-25 Outcry 53

Day 6 Mark 15:34 Is Anybody There? 55

Week 4 Proclamation: Gospel as Truth-Telling 57

Day 1 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 A Fool's Errand 59

Day 2 Jeremiah 1:9-10 Discerning the Season 61

Day 3 Isaiah 61:1-3 From Ashes to Garlands 63

Day 4 Matthew 23:23-24 Afflicting the Comfortable 65

Day 5 Romans 8:31-39 - Bottom Lines 67

Day 6 John 19:28 Simplicity and Transformation 69

Week 5 Creed: Owning the Faith 71

Day 1 Luke 23:33-34 Follow-Through 73

Day 2 Deuteronomy 26:5-9 Who(se) We Are 75

Day 3 John 9:24-34 An Astonishing Thing 77

Day 4 Psalm 46 We Shall Not Fear 79

Day 5 Acts 4:13-20 Compelled 81

Day 6 Mark 15:29-32 Renunciation 83

Week 6 Response: Stepping Out 85

Day 1 Mark 10:32-34 Taking the Point 87

Day 2 Genesis 12:1-4 Go Where I Send Thee 89

Day 3 Amos 7:12-15 Not in My Backyard 91

Day 4 John 21:15-17 Fieldwork 93

Day 5 Matthew 21:12-15 Disturbers of the Peace 95

Day 6 Luke 23:46 Entrusting Self to God 97

Holy Week Sacrament: Recognizing God 99

Maundy Thursday: Matthew 26:26-30 Foretaste 101

Good Friday: Mark 15:6-37 He Descended into Hell 103

Holy Saturday: Luke 23:55-56 Sabbath Vigil 105

Easter Sunday: Luke 24:13-33 Fleeting Recognition 107

Leaders Guide 109

Session Outline 111

Ideas for Each Week 113

Notes 125

About the Author 126