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From Inside ML: The concept of “church as servant” surfaces readily as we continue to explore and reflect on the church’s many dimensions. Service is an appealing attribute, and in theory, it is one area on which most in the church can agree. However, when we come to the question of how each person is called to serve, and how that service is carried out in practice, that conversation escalates to heated debate. The echoes of that are heard from parish to monastery as the way we live out the gospel command is tolerated in some cases, supported in others, and sometimes vigorously challenged. On occasion we may be very good at serving others but have yet to develop the maturity or humility to let others serve us. Servanthood should be a very simple thing, but our human nature seems determined to make it more complicated than it should be.(More)

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Rites for victims
Paul G. Mast
Reconsecration of abuse victims

Serving those who serve the word
Bruce Janiga and John D. Berry
Logos Bible Software

Someone else's clothing
Ron Raab
Clothing and identity
 

Guided meditation as a stress management tool for support groups: How one parish is coping with the economic crisis
Mary Lou Devlin
Ministry to the unemployed

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Inside ML Servant Church / Donna M. Cole

Worship Times Liturgical notes from the African synod; Autofont; and more / Todd Flowerday

Ritual Formation Confiteor / Darren M. Henson

Keeping the Faith Serving and being served / Leisa Anslinger

Sacred Space With us, before us, around us / Mary Patricia Storms

Liturgical Spirituality Triduum – Easter 2010 / Kay Murdy

The Word Alive The lector as servant / Anne Louise Bannon

Bridge Work The deep prints of secrets / Ron Raab

Moving Rite Along You have the right to remain silent (part 2) / Ada Simpson

Sung Prayer The vocation of the liturgical composer (part 3) / David Haas

At the Table of the Word He even forgives sins / Bruce Janiga

Bulletin Inserts / Paul Turner
Divine Mercy Sunday
Senior Citizens' Confessions

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