Introducing Songs from Other Cultures: Alfredo Colman
Ethnomusicologist Alfredo Colman encourages musicians who lead congregational songs from other cultures to engage with someone from that culture in order to understand and find ways in introduce songs in worship that respect and honor God and the culture.
March 27, 2017
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3 min video
Worship in the Heart Language: Dwight Kelly
Jamaican pastor, Dwight Kelly, reflects on how scripture songs can be written in the language of the worshiper's heart. Heartsongs use words that reflect the context and language of those who are singing them.
March 23, 2017
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2 min video
Singing Psalms and the Lord’s Prayer: Lily Constantine Kakish and Eric Sarwar
Lily Constantine Kakish and Eric Sarwar share their stories of how they have witnessed the identity-shaping impact of singing Psalms and the Lord's Prayer in the Arabic language and tune.
March 23, 2017
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3 min video
Bringing the Workplace into Church: Luke Bobo
Luke Bobo explains the pastoral importance of establishing the bridge between our work experience on weekdays and our worship on Sundays.
March 23, 2017
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3 min video
Open to Embracing the Difference: Emmett G. Price III
Emmett G. Price III reflects on the how worship brings together people with unique differences.
March 23, 2017
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3 min video
Prophetic Lament in Worship: Gabriel Salguero
Gabriel Salguero argues that the act of worship on Sunday must be tied to and result in the act of justice outside of Sunday.
March 23, 2017
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2 min video
The Need for Lament: Soong-Chan Rah
Soong-Chan Rah argues that the deeply rooted triumphalism and exceptionalism in the American society are causing the absence of lament in the American churches.
March 22, 2017
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4 min video
Bruce Theron on Word and Worship, a South African lectionary resource
Across cultures and denominations, South African churches are growing in unity—thanks to the nation’s first ecumenical sermon and worship resource written in English.
March 16, 2017
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6 min read
Bruce Theron on Decolonizing Worship in South Africa
Imagine singing “In the Bleak Midwinter” during the long hot days of Christmas in South Africa. The Bible is rich enough to include themes and symbols more relevant to living out Christian faith in the Global South.
March 16, 2017
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6 min read
Beauty, Silence, and Culture Care: An Interview with Makoto Fujimura
Theologian Neal Plantinga engages with artist and author Mako Fujimura on his vision for complementing recent work on creation care with what he has termed “culture care”—a redemptive approach to artistry and other forms of cultural engagement which seeks to contribute to “the healing of the nations.”
March 14, 2017
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64 min video
Revelation 21-27: The New Heaven and Earth
A worship service held at Worship Symposium 2017
March 13, 2017
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77 min video
Revelation 22: The River of Life/El río de la vida
A bi-lingual worship service held at Worship Symposium 2017
March 13, 2017
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79 min video
