Comments on: Better to worship in the pew than the pulpit? https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Pastor S https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3251 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:01:32 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3251 Thanks for sharing. It’s helpful for me.

]]> By: Deb https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3207 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:13:52 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3207 no sir, the code for the 23rd is the only code i have

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3206 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:40:57 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3206 Are you using today’s code? Yesterday’s will not work. Today’s will work only for today.

]]> By: Deb https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3204 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:36:49 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3204 I put the movie in the cart and tried to apply the code that was in my rss feed, it said it isn’t a recognized code for this product, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks

]]> By: Peter Ratcliff https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3194 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:57:42 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3194 Thank you David for this fascinating thought.

Being in a slightly different tradition to yourself it has stimulated my thoughts to consider some of the advantages of Reformed Anglicanism. I guess you will say these advantages do not outweigh other factors but I’m not out to pick a fight, just to ponder a few thoughts!

Being in the Church of England(Continuing)our ministers uses the Anglican tradition of sitting/standing/kneeling at the side of the room at the front, historically this is called the north side and was introduced in England at the Reformation as a reform of the Papal “Eastward” position in which the “sacrificing priest” stands with his back to the people as he re-presents the (blasphemous)sacrifice of Christ. Only for the preaching do we stand in the pulpit facing the congregation. Coming from a nonconformist background I first found this strange, but now I can see how it also unifies the minister and congregation in approaching the Lord together in worship. It distinguishes the preaching as being from God whereas the worship by the minister, like that of the congregation, is toward God. Of course we would not want to press these historical significations too far or we’d be superstitious ourselves!

As far as the minister’s thoughts wandering ahead into his sermon 20 minutes ahead of time is concerned we have another advantage in the Anglican old style. Without wanting to criticise the noble practices of godly presbyterians and your sincere objections to the use of the Book of Common Prayer, one of the advantages of the Prayerbook is that in order to avoid the sin of vain repetition the reader must make some effort to really concentrate on the words before him. You have to read the Prayerbook afresh as if you have not read it before, paying attention to each word. When you do that properly it is quite hard to drift off into thinking about your sermon.

]]> By: Scott https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3192 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:55:29 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3192 This is why I choose to sit in the pew with my family during the worship service, and not on the “platform.” I never liked the way sitting up there separated me from the congregation, in a number of ways. Of course, I’m still distracted by the “have to preach shortly” thing, so I probably don’t engage as much as I would like, but I do think I engage more now than when I sat “up front.”

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3190 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:30:45 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3190 Brian,
Subscribe via the RSS or email icons beside my picture up on the right. The code will be sent to you via your RSS or email today or tomorrow.
David.

]]> By: Brian Kooshian https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/08/23/better-to-worship-in-the-pew-than-the-pulpit/#comment-3189 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:29:02 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=3630#comment-3189 Hello Dr. Murray,

I have subscribed via Live Bookmarks, but I cannot locate the code to enter. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Brian

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