About

Liturgy is a word for the ordinary.

Beautiful Liturgies began with a simple conviction: the Bible already has words for the things we find hardest to speak about. Anxiety at 3 a.m. The friend in the church who wounded you. The work that no one notices. The December that feels too dark.

Each liturgy names one of those in plain language, then answers it with Scripture — three or four passages in the English Standard Version, arranged to be read slowly, alone or together. A short devotional follows and walks the same road: from the ache, through the text, to Christ.

Read it. Hear it. Pray it with others.

On November 19, 2026, twelve of these liturgies arrive as recordings, divided between two voices and scored by Beautiful Eulogy. The written library is larger: 51 liturgies for the whole of ordinary life, 24 written for children ages six to twelve, and 12 for Advent.

Who makes this

Beautiful Liturgies is a project of Beautiful Eulogy and Humble Beast, led by Thomas Terry, a pastor at Trinity Church of Portland. The writing is pastoral rather than academic. Every quotation is Scripture, cited.

A note on the text

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.