Category: Rituals

The Lector: Medium for Proclaiming Holy Scriptures

January 9, 2022

At this point in time, as we physically distance and isolate in response to COVID-19, there is no shortage of those who, provocatively, are considering new opportunities through virtual celebrations, replacing the human voice with the voice of artificial intelligence and supplanting paper texts with electronic and digital technologies. There have also been attempts to … More The Lector: Medium for Proclaiming Holy Scriptures

Rediscovering Architecture’s Role in the Proclamation of Sacred Scriptures

July 30, 2013

Profound reverence of scripture is an integral part of Christian religious life. The act of reading sacred texts has always required an appointed place, which has come to be considered sacred as well. These places constructed within the worship space — ambo, pyrgus, pulpit, and lectern, have attained powerful significance over the past two millennia.In … More Rediscovering Architecture’s Role in the Proclamation of Sacred Scriptures

Liturgical Furniture for St Mary’s University – Calgary

April 21, 2013

The director of campus ministry Nancy Quan contacted me in September 2012 to design new liturgical furniture for their space on campus. A committee who has come together to work on this project gave me a series of principles to imprint in the project: Inclusive and Emphasize the Eucharist as an act of the whole … More Liturgical Furniture for St Mary’s University – Calgary

Play, Symbol and Festival in Worship Design

October 21, 2012

Beauty as a transcendental quality of being invites one to enter the world of contemplation. In The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays, Hans-Georg Gadamer argues, “The experience of the beautiful in art is a form of knowing.”[i] To illustrate his point, he examines three basic concepts: Play, Symbol, and Festival. I would also … More Play, Symbol and Festival in Worship Design