Several months ago I was asked by Dr. Fred Edie, Associate Professor of the Practice of Christian Education at Duke Divinity School to write an article for an edition of the Liturgy Journal in which he was serving as guest editor. Here is how he approached me, "At the Dallas National Youth Worker Convention I snuck into several prayer times led by members of the Youthfront staff. I was impressed by their passion and, obviously, by their attentiveness to a rule of life rooted in liturgical prayer. Since this is not your mom and dad's evangelicalism (or youth ministry, for that matter), I was deeply curious about how this vision took root, how Youthfront, an organization with an historic Evangelical heritage, their staff and other young people are engaging with it, and why they imagined it is an important way of being in youth ministry in the present age. Can you write an article telling the story of how this came about?”
I entitled the article, A Liturgical Transformation. The first 50 people who click on this link can download a free copy.
Well done Mike.
Posted by: Phil Antilla | December 28, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Thanks Phil
Posted by: Mike King | December 28, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Excellent article Mike, I really enjoyed it.
Posted by: Jeff Porter | December 28, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Excellent piece on liturgy. Thanks for sharing with us. This totally hits my experience with God/YFC/Evangelicals on the head. I felt I was supposed to check my intellect at the door, that there was no room for academics, especially from a woman. This piece is soooooo refreshing...
Posted by: M.B. | December 28, 2013 at 11:09 AM