Discovering Depth and Renewal through Daily Liturgy

A Rejuvenation of Our Daily Worship

This idea arose from the lockdowns in 2020 when COVID hit the world and I found myself having more time to reflect on my quiet times, or my times of devotion, with the Lord. I found myself dissatisfied with them, a bit more bored. I found it a bit bland, and that's because my daily liturgy was really a quick prayer, Bible reading, and then a list of petitions. I found myself lacking in adoration of God, lacking in a good, comprehensive, and specific confession of sin.

I started to think about, Does my quiet time have to be this anemic? I wanted to enrich the diet of my quiet time with different elements, and so I decided to include prayers of adoration, confession, creeds and catechisms, as well as saying the Lord's Prayer every day. For my own experience, it led to a renewal in my quiet times. It led to a rejuvenation of my devotional life.

Jonathan Gibson is the author of Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship.

Jonathan Gibson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is an ordained minister in the International Presbyterian Church, United Kingdom, and associate professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is a coeditor of and contributor to From Heaven He Came and Sought Her and author of Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship. Jonny and his wife, Jackie, have four children.