El culto como práctica formativa
Uno de los movimientos más importantes en los campos de Estudios Litúrgicos y Educación Cristiana en los últimos 30 años ha sido un renovado énfasis en cómo las prácticas cristianas modelan la espiritualidad de la congregación y de sus miembros.
BeLonging: Rehoboth High School Choir Concert
The 50 voice Rehoboth Christian High School Choir led an evening worship on March 29, 2016, at the Calvin College Chapel.
Worship in Times of Tension
We’ve all been there or will be—planning worship when things just aren’t the way they are supposed to be. Tension and even conflict will happen in every church at some point.
Suffering Servant
2016 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service. Led by Hope College worship leaders and Reggie Smith is preaching.
Worship and Public Engagement
That corporate worship must equip us for serving God’s purposes in the world, certainly means that we must attend to the social-political-economic dimensions of our lives as citizens. How do we structure our congregational patterns with this in mind without making our worship “too political”?
Bad Worship in the Bible
What does the Bible have to say about bad worship? And how might we strive to learn from what it says and adjust our own worship practices accordingly?
Preaching to the Streets: Homiletics for Urban Ministry
How can the Bible speak to the hopes and fears of urban people who don’t know anything about the Christian life?
Wording the Sunday Sermon
One of the preacher’s big challenges is finding language for the Sunday sermon that will engage the most of her or his listeners. But what kind of language is that? What are some of its features?
Rediscovering Biblical Lament and Christian Hope in a Congregational Context
How can congregations reclaim the biblical practice of bringing both grief and anger before the Lord in prayer and worship? How can these practices ultimately be an expression of Christian hope in God’s promises?
Work, Worship, and Mission: Overlooked First Steps of Missional Ministry
There is a lot of talk about missional communities in North American churches today. These important conversations are helpful as we think about the church’s witness to society.
Preaching to and with Millennials
Learn what Pastor Mary Hulst has discovered as a college chaplain and why she thinks the future of the North American church relies on preaching that engages this generation.
Connecting Sunday's Worship to Monday's Work
“Faith and Work” has recently become a major theme of Christian renewal in congregations across North America and beyond.