A House of Meanings

Juan Oliver, has served in a variety of ministerial positions as vicar, interim rector, acting canon to the ordinary, and as an academic and professor. Dr. Oliver has published widely on worship and Latino ministry. His most recent project, Ripe Fields: The Promise and Challenge of Latino Ministry (New York: Church Publishing) was published in 2009. He is the Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer and lives in Santa Fé, New Mexico.

Preface

I Signs of Grace: How Worship Works

II The Hinge of the Year: The Liturgies of Holy Week

III Your Own Death and Resurrection: Baptism and Confirmation

IV Talking and Eating with God: The Eucharist

V Getting Organized: Holy Order

VI Sign of God’s Love: Marriage

VII In a New Place: Anointing of the Sick

VIII The Uprising of Jesus Christ: The Church, its Mission, and Cultures

A Postscript on Liturgical Design

Glossary