Communication Quote by Susan Cain

“By participating in the liturgy, we’re doing more than “attending a service.” We are entering a story—a story in which we also play a…

— Mark Galli

“Let my idle chatter be the muttering of prayer, my every manual movement the execution of ritual gesture, my walking a ceremonial circumambulation, my…

— Adi Shankaracarya

“He meets us where we are, as creatures of habit who are shaped by practices, and invites us into a community of practice that…

— James K.A. Smith

There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you…

— Wynton Marsalis

“I often think of the set pieces of liturgy as certain words which people have successfully addressed to God without their getting killed.”

— Annie Dillard

“Explain the service as you go along. Though there is some danger of pastoral verbosity here that distracts from the worship experience, learn to…

— Timothy Keller

“Our service as believers is not complete without fellowship with people”

— Sunday Adelaja

“But—for good reasons rooted deeply in the nature of the person and of personal relationships—his preferred way is to speak, to communicate: thus the…

— Dallas Willard

“The music, the prayers, the bowing and rising, the incense--all of it was breaking down my defenses. That's what good liturgy does. It breaks…

— Fred Bahnson

“God Himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His by means of the Church’s liturgy.”

— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

“The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship.”

— The Catholic Church

“In sum, passing over to Buddhist spiritual practice has taught me, and can teach my church, that all our words, whether in Christian theology…

— Paul F. Knitter