Karyn Bodenschatz, pastor of First Lutheran Church, Onalaska, Wis., presides over the communion table during the La Crosse Area Synod Assembly’s closing worship service on June 11. The liturgy for the service, “Behold, I Make All Things New,” was written by the late Ben Splichal Larson, who died in an earthquake during a mission trip to Haiti in 2010.

Perspective: A pastor’s “rules” for worship

Editor’s note: Our June cover story, “Worship 101,” examined the “whats, whys and hows” of ELCA worship. We now continue the story as a monthly online series further exploring what Lutheran worship is, how Lutherans worship and why we do so. I recently read a list of “20 rules of etiquette for attending worship” shared by a … Continue reading Perspective: A pastor’s “rules” for worship

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