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• Anointing the Sick: Origins
Traces the rite to Holy Scripture, leaving its use to pastoral discretion.
http://www.lcms.org/cic/annoint.htm

• Catholic and Lutheran Liturgy
Article in Ministry & Liturgy examines the links between the liturgical forms of the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches.
http://www.rpinet.com/nr/pr-luth.html

• Commentary on the Liturgy
The Propers and Ordinaries of Lutheran Worship Divine Service II are examined and explained by Rev. John Pless.
http://homepage.mac.com/gurban/liturgy_lectionary/divine_service_commentary.html

• God's Children: Teaching Liturgy to Children
Educational guide and syllabus prepared by Debbie Lou Ludolph for teaching young people how to worship and to receive what the service offers.
http://www.worship.ca/docs/godkids2.html

• Lutheran Worship at St. Francis
Discussion of the liturgical practice of a San Francisco congregation.
http://www.st-francis-lutheran.org/lutheranworship.html

• Six Worship Theses
Brief writings pointing to Jesus Christ, who offers Word and Sacrament, as the only way to eternal life. From Concordia University Wisconsin but useful in any consideration of Lutheran liturgics.
http://www.cuw.edu/theology/publications.htm

• The Lutheran Liturgy
A look at the components of liturgical worship in a service with portions dating back to the synagogue services before Christ.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/lutheranism/20125

• Through All Generations
Gene Edward Veith promotes the historic liturgy over changing worship to fit the age or culture of the gathered believers, arguing that changes in style also negatively alter the substance.
http://www.lifeoftheworld.com/lotw/02-01-01.htm

• Ukrainian Lutheran Divine Liturgy: Text
Discussion group archive of the service order in English translation.
http://www.cin.org/archives/cineast/199901/0471.html

• Why Is the Lutheran Church a Liturgical Church?
Confessional approach to the liturgy from the standpoints of Lutheranism's catholic and orthodox nature, aesthetics, and Christian freedom.
http://www.blc.edu/comm/gargy/gargy1/liturgical_church.html

• Why is the Lutheran Church a Liturgical Church?
Uses the Confessions to show both the theological underpinnings and the historical background of the church's form of worship and its cultural variations.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.liturgicalchurch.html

• Worship Workbench
Collection of articles offering observations, reflections and suggestions by Paul F. Bosch, retired ELCIC pastor and professor of liturgy.
http://www.worship.ca/workbench.html