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Prayer with the Staff of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

This service features scripture readings, hymns and prayers drawn from historic morning prayer liturgies, without music or other artistic elaboration. Complementing other Symposium services that are more complex, today we practice an intentionally simple form of common prayer, grateful to be united in prayer with people around the world on a day of historic, cultural and political importance here in the United States.

November 3, 2020
Brian K. Blount on Preaching Resurrection from an Apocalyptic Perspective

In this episode, President of Union Presbyterian Seminary and New Testament scholar Brian K. Blount talks about cultivating an apocalyptic perspective and what it means to preach the resurrection all year long. 

November 2, 2020

Carla Zastrow on Seventh Graders and the Psalms During COVID-19

In this episode, Carla Zastrow, teacher at Zeeland Christian School, talks about how 80 seventh graders and their teachers engaged the Biblical psalms during the COVID-19 crisis.

November 2, 2020
3 Songs for Advent / 3 Cantos para Adviento

Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Advent, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

November 2, 2020
Justo González on the Mestizo Character of the Christian Life

In this episode, Justo Gonzáles takes us into his book "The Mestizo Augustine," which offers a fresh look at the life of Augustine of Hippo, son of an African mother and a Roman father. How does Augustine deal with this mestizo identity in his life and his theology, and what insights does that provide for us today?

November 2, 2020

All Creation Groans: An Interview with Katharine Hayhoe

Can worship practices help heal our broken relationship with the more-than-human creation? How might lament, gratitude, the sacraments, and embodied actions reanimate our love for God’s world? Join this conversation with Katharine Hayhoe and Debra Rienstra

October 30, 2020
Worship 101

What are the basics that every worship planner and leader should know? Come find out by listening to the Calvin University Worship Apprentices as they share key insights and practices learned through serving in worship during the fall of 2020.   

October 29, 2020