Work and Worship with Matthew Kaemingk and guest co-host Bob Bixby

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Every Sunday workers from many different places and vocations gather together to worship, and yet are the leaders of our churches really recognizing that through them the work of the commission of Christ taking place right in front of them? In the book Work and Worship, Matthew Kaemingk and Cory Wilson make a compelling case that church leaders, pastors and worship leaders, often create a unhelpful disconnect between what church members do each day and what they do when they gather to worship.

It could be said that the goal of many if not most of our church liturgies is focused on the building up of the institution of the gathered church yet ignoring the sending or scattering of the body of Christ as missionaries into their respective work places. The conversation in this episode of the Surprised By Light podcast barely scratches the surface of this topic. But the good news is that there is a book, specifically this book Work and Worship, completely dedicated to informing and equipping church leaders to think through how they can prepare and use our liturgies in gathered worship to send our members back into their own parishes as priests of the Royal Priesthood to minister the Gospel of Christ.

The book featured in this episode is Work and Worship. By going to BakerBookHouse.com, you can purchase this book and any book that is not already on sale or part of a promotion at a 30% discount by using the promo code SURPRISEDBYLIGHT. If you are going to buy books, why not get them at a discount?

In this episode, we are also joined by Bob Bixby pastor and church planter in Silicon Valley with Redeemer Church and Bayseed. You can find out more information about the church at RedeemerSV.com.

As always, the song Sometimes a Light Surprises was written by Mike and Allie Murphy. You can find out more about them at MikeandAllieMurphy.com. 

Photo used in the artwork of this episode is the official cover for the book published by Baker Academic publishing. 

The music for the song "Sometimes a Light Surprises" used in this podcast was written and produced by Mike and Allie Murphy.