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I am convinced that, in the end, our credibility and impact as followers of Christ will not be a stunning report card highlighting the programs we ran, the grandeur of our acts of charity, or the glorious high notes of our ministries. Our credibility and impact will be measured by the relationships we have formed: whom we have broken bread with, whom we have reconciled with, and how the people who are most deeply affected by the brokenness of the world describe us and feel about us.

When we lead the Prayers of the People in worship, we are not praying for others, somewhere out there. We are praying for each other and for ourselves.

Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, in order that they may see the food with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” —Exodus 16:32

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As Christians, we have lost precious opportunities to experience the compassion of God because we have been caught up in judging others for their way of dressing or speaking, gender expression, sexual orientation, skin colour, or (dis)abilities. We have distorted the Good News of Jesus by declaring that those of a particular gender expression and sexual orientation should have more authority and privilege than those of any other gender expression or sexual orientation.

In the spring of 2020, I was having a hard time worshipping. The angry, grief-infused words of the psalmist lingered with me: “How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” (Psalm 137:4). And yet, it is our calling as worship leaders to offer people songs of praise and, like Miriam, pack a tambourine while fleeing into the unknown. It is our job to help God’s people worship in whatever circumstance we find ourselves.

Music is often described as an “international language” that can break down...