This week on Service in Practice, our first clergy guest appears. Fr. Nathanael Guirguis, the priest of St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Atlanta, GA, joins and talks about the importance of the Liturgy to our service. I’m honored to interview Fr. Nathanael, who hosts the podcast Meet & Right, which you can check out for in-depth conversations about the Liturgy in the Orthodox Church.

From the early church to today's hyper-individualized world post-COVID, Fr. Nathanael stresses the importance of the Liturgy, in that it is a gathering of the believers. In Liturgy and in the Body of Christ, we, the broken, can be made whole.

Check out the article “Offering You Your Own of Your Own: Stewardship in the Liturgy” by Paul Meyendorff: http://www.stewardshipadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/Your-Own-of-Your-Own-We-Offer-to-You.pdf

One of the book recommendations from Fr. Nathanael is Deep and Wide, by Andy Stanley: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Wide-Creating-Churches-Unchurched/dp/0310526531 

Check out Fr. Nathanael’s podcast, Meet & Right: http://www.coptichymnsinenglish.com/meetandright