The Wonder and Power

At his blog, A New an Unending Kind of Life, the Rev. Rob Bell writes, "Many evangelical Christians disdain liturgy as too "high church," but Mark Galli thinks that's starting to change. Mr. Galli, an Anglican and senior managing editor of Christianity Today, urges Christians to rediscover traditional liturgy in his new book, Beyond Smells and Bells: The Wonder and Power of Christian Liturgy."

In today's individualistic culture, we need liturgy to establish us in community. In a culture that values spontaneity, liturgy grounds us in something enduring. In a culture that assumes truth is a product of the mind, liturgy helps us experience truth in both mind and body. In a world demanding instant gratification and immediate relevance, liturgy gives us patience to perceive a deeper relevance and joy that the larger culture can hardly perceive.