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Published Liturgy Services

Liturgy is an act of developing the voice--developing the voice of God's people to tell God's ancient, Biblical story; developing our voice as a community to hear ourselves say, out loud, how God's story is our story of prophetic witness. 

I write for the same reasons--to develop my own voice, to articulate how liturgy can be bold, prophetic, and ancient all at the same time. I write to hear myself. I write to build my own resiliency and witness to the Ways of God. I write to keep my voice from being reluctant to social change. I write as a discipline, to keep myself from being trapped in the ways of boring-ass liturgy, to remind myself of liturgical experiences that have been life-giving.  

We need to share the stories of prophetic liturgy in order to shore each other up and inspire each other in the on-going work of prophetic Christian witness on a broken planet. 

• Exquisite Darkness: A Winter Solstice Liturgy

• On Faith: New Wineskins for New Wine

• Reign of Christ: An “At Table” Service Thanksgiving Weekend

• “Yes, Let’s!”: A New Heaven and a New Earth Intergenerational Communion for the 26th Sunday after Pentecost

• Life that is Really Life: Service Prayers for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost

• Ashley Goff: The Gift of Honey and the Promise of God

• Alternative Economy: A Honeybee Ministry

• Learning From David Woodyard, Learning From the Open Door

• Church of the Pilgrims’ Food & Faith Season Starts with Compost, Soil and Communion

• The Art of Worship Planning

• Environmental Protection Agency Public Listening Sessions

• Alban Institute: Congregations Magazine

• Church Health Reader, Spring 2012 Ministry for the Bees (and us)

Recent ONLINE ARTICLES + Features

• Liturgy in the valley of the shadow of death. Duke Faith and Leadership.

• What Improv Has to Offer. The Improvisational Therapist.

• What Pisses Ashley Off About Liturgy. The YoRocko Podcast.

• It's Not Just You: Ashley Goff, Pastor, Church of the Pilgrims. The Improvisational Therapist.

• Go Ahead, Cry in Church. The Improvisational Therapist.

• Book Reviews and such. Presbyterian Outlook.

• Change Rooted in Relationships. Next Church.

• One Church, Many Voices. Podcast interview with Rocky Supinger for Presbyterians Today.

• On the Road Again. Podcast interview with Casey Fitzgerald of Story Divine.

• Blogs We Love on Progressive Christianity

• Good Friday Blog on Garbage, Jesus, and Eco-feminism on Presbyterians for Earth Care

• The Art of Worship Planning on Alban at Duke Divinity

• Congregations Turn to Compost for Lessons on Life, Death and the Environment. Religion News Service.

• Beekeeping for Congregational Life, Church Health Reader.

• Faith Leaders Testify at EPA Hearings on Huffington Post.

• Pilgrims Food and Faith on PCUSA.com

• Tranquility Du Jour #322: Feminine Spirituality on KimberlyWilson.com