Over the past few months, churches have rejoiced at the sweetness of returning to worship in person. The turbulence of 2020, with Zoom meetings replacing handholds, has highlighted the importance of in-person worship and fellowship to the Christian walk. In Collin Hansen’s words, “the hands and feet and ears and eyes need to be assembled for this body to work for the good of all.”… Read the rest
Category: Virtual Communal Prayer (Page 1 of 6)
Join me in a thought experiment:
What if we decided and announced right now that we will not have large gatherings for the High Holy Days this fall?
We know that for many of our people it will not be safe to be out in public in September.… Read the rest
Is worship physically present with the body of Christ essential to being a Christian? Is bodily gathering together to worship with Christ’s people crucial and a requirement as you understand Christianity? Does a person have to obey Jesus Christ in order to be a Christian, in order to have any hope of seeing the kingdom of God and not eternal perdition?… Read the rest
Join me in a thought experiment:
What if we decided and announced right now that we will not have large gatherings for the High Holy Days this fall?
We know that for many of our people it will not be safe to be out in public in September.… Read the rest
Last week, the Conservative Movement approved a responsum permitting the livestreaming of religious services on Shabbat and holidays (with several caveats and constraints, and with the acknowledgement that the COVID-19 crisis accelerated the urgency of a question that was already being studied.)… Read the rest
Gathering Together Again (undated, before August 3)… Read the rest
Ramadan at Home Guidance (April/May 2020)… Read the rest
All praise is due to Allah, and may His peace and blessings be upon His Messenger and his family, his Companions, and those that followed.
It brings great pleasure to the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) to congratulate the Muslim community on the arrival of the month of Dhul-Hijjah and the approach of the blessed Eid al-Adha.… Read the rest
9 Steps to Re-opening Mosques Safely (undated, before July 6 2020)… Read the rest
