About the Author

Rev. Dr. Michael Berg is a professor of theology at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee, WI, where he teaches courses on Worship, Apologetics, Martin Luther, World Religions, and Christ and Culture. He is married to Amanda and together they have three daughters. He is the author of Vocation: the Setting for Human Flourishing (1517) and The Baptismal Life (Northwestern Publishing House). He is also co-host of the podcast "Let the Bird Fly".

Reviews

On any given Sunday, millions of Americans attend services expecting a worship experience. Instead of delivering a carefully choreographed experience, Lutheran worship delivers a carefully curated proclamation of Christ's Person and work in the Divine Service. Prof. Berg, through winsome story and accessible commentary, shows us that Christ himself is the center of the Divine Service. In it, Christ is both proclaimed and present. Blessed are the people at an ordinary church, served by an ordinary pastor, who - week in and week out - receive extraordinary Gospel gifts from the Savior! Prof. Aaron Christie Dean of Chapel Professor of Liturgics and Homiletics Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Mequon, WI

By weaving worship education into the private thoughts of John and Jennifer, the author accomplishes something very important. He teaches about worship not merely in an historical way or logical or doctrinal, but in a dynamic way: what's really going on in worship and what it means for me. Doctrine is essential. History and logic are valuable. But the dynamic helps people to own their worship and to appreciate it ever more deeply and personally. Pastor Bryan Gerlach Director of the Commission on Worship, Wisconsin Lutheran Synod

On Any Given Sunday uniquely reveals the happy marriage of substance and style - the what and the how - of liturgical worship. We immerse in the gritty struggles of John and Jennifer as Christ is drawn into their story, better, as Christ draws them all the way into his by the hidden glory of the Divine Service. The prose that surrounds their drama is Word-saturated and Christ-obsessed. I found myself yearning to take my bride to church. Dr. Mark Paustian, Author of Our Worth to Him