The Heart of the Divine Parent
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word
February 21, 2019
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84 min video
The Love of God for All People and Creatures
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word
February 21, 2019
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52 min video
Grounded in God: A Faith-filled Testimony of the African American Church in Song
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Vesper
February 19, 2019
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113 min video
Constance Cherry on Small Church Worship and Identity
Small churches sometimes feel weak or irrelevant. Intentional worship practices can help them discover their value before God and to the community.
February 15, 2019
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8 min read
Constance Cherry on Competing Metaphors for Worship
Most churches measure worship services against a certain ideal. They may think of worship like a concert, entertainment, dialogue, or something else. Even if they have not consciously chosen an operating metaphor for worship, their pattern greatly influences how individuals and congregations live out their faith.
February 15, 2019
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7 min read
Ways We Witness: Disability and the Mission of the Church
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
February 15, 2019
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64 min listen
Why We Still Have Hope / Por qué aún tenemos esperanza
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word & Table
February 13, 2019
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75 min video
Worship that Cares for People Pastorally
You may think of pastoral care mainly as personal visits to someone’s hospital room or home. But Howard Vanderwell wrote that the entire worship service has “powerful potential for caring for worshipers’ needs.” His book Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy explains how.
February 13, 2019
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7 min read
In Splendid, Varied Ways: Preparing Music for Intercultural Worship
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
February 13, 2019
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59 min listen
The God of Joy in the Midst of Our Troubles
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word
February 11, 2019
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71 min video
Birgitta Johnson on Praise and Worship Music
Praise and worship music can lift worshipers’ hearts to God and unite people across culture, religious tradition, and background. But the genre is not meant to be the only kind of music in a congregation’s repertoire.
January 7, 2019
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8 min read
Birgitta Johnson on New African American Ecumenical Hymnal
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism is a new Protestant hymnal compiled by a core committee of worship arts ministers and scholars. It goes deep and wide into the multiple streams of black Christian music and worship.
January 7, 2019
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7 min read
