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title: Welcome to the Augsburg Fortress blog! | Craig Mueller
description: "Craig Mueller is lead pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and an auxiliary professor of spiritual formation and church administration at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He is also author of Any Body There? Being Human in a Digital Age; Soli Deo Gloria: Choir Devotions for Year A; and liturgical texts and other worship materials for Augsburg Fortress. In addition, he was primary compiler for Indexes for Evangelical Lutheran Worship and All Creation Sings, which includes a list of hymns for each Sunday and festival in the church year."
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### [Contemporary Traditions: Preparing the Assembly's Worship](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/contemporary-traditions-preparing-the-assemblys-worship)

 By [**Craig Mueller**](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/author/craig-mueller) January 23, 2025

The latest installment in the Worship Matters series has arrived! [Preparing the Assembly’s Worship:..](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9798889833680/Preparing-the-Assemblys-Worship)

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