All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 81 - 100 of 394 Sort by: Title | Date Lee Hardy on Housing, Justice, and Worship Completing a grant project on faith communities and affordable housing convinced Lee Hardy that justice and worship are internally linked. That’s why he says worship services should include housing justice, and Christians and congregations should advocate to change unjust systems. Conversation | March 01, 2021 Terry M. Wildman on First Nations Version New Testament In the new First Nations Version of the New Testament, Terry M. Wildman translates the good news about Jesus, Creator Sets Free, into cadences and concepts that resonate with indigenous First Nations people. Conversation | February 22, 2021 John A. Azumah on Fostering Respect between Muslims and Christians John A. Azumah grew up in a family that practiced traditional African religions and Islam. He became a Christian in high school and has dedicated his life and scholarship to building bridges between Muslims and Christians, especially in Africa. Conversation | February 12, 2021 J. Todd Billings on Embracing Our Mortality Unless we are very ill or old, many of us avoid thinking about our deaths. J. Todd Billings’s new book, The End of the Christian Life, explains that remembering our mortality and learning to die well will give us a more profound view of true Christian resurrection hope. Conversation | January 19, 2021 Victoria White on Inclusion in Circles of Congregations All Belong will keep helping congregations become welcoming communities for people of all abilities, especially through its innovative Circle of Congregations for Teaching and Learning program. Conversation | January 19, 2021 Mimi L. Larson on Engaging Children in Worship As full image-bearers of God, children can and do have authentic experiences of worship. God interacts with and wants to be in relationship with them. Mimi L. Larson is researching how faith development styles and church theology influence children’s faith formation. Conversation | December 03, 2020 Matthew Kaemingk and Cory B. Willson on Work and Worship Many of us feel guilty for thinking about work during gathered worship. We don’t see a connection between what we do in worship and what we do at work. But a new book on work and worship describes biblical worship practices that help workers reclaim their place in the priesthood of all believers. Conversation | December 03, 2020 Online Discipleship and Mindfulness The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted opportunities to learn together in the same physical space. But Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary offer short online courses for lifelong learners to engage topics such as embodied discipleship and mindfulness in a world gone virtual. Conversation | November 09, 2020 Gathering Safely for In-Person Worship during COVID-19 A conversation with leaders from the project Ecumenical Protocols for In-Person Worship and from the Humanitarian and Disaster Institute Conversation | Video | October 19, 2020 Worship in a Digital World: Interview with Wendell Kimbrough In this edited interview, songwriter Wendell Kimbrough talks about what he’s learned during the COVID-19 pandemic about worship in the digital world. He was interviewed by Rebecca Snippe, a program manager for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Conversation | October 16, 2020 Kimberly Hope Belcher on Christian Unity and Communion Ephesians 4 calls Christians to “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” unity. Yet many Christian traditions don’t allow full communion with other denominations. Kimberly Hope Belcher’s new book Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism: From Thanksgiving to Communion, offers steps toward greater unity. Conversation | October 16, 2020 Jeff Barker on Combining Music and Public Scripture Reading The COVID-19 pandemic pushed many churches to do online worship services, inspiring some liturgists to more creatively present Bible readings. Jeff Barker explains how to combine music with the lections or scripture passages. Conversation | September 09, 2020 Teacher-Scholar Panel: Scripture and Formation Themes 2019 Teacher-Scholar Vital Worship Grant recipients talk about their projects and the implications for those projects for gathered worship. Conversation | July 08, 2020 Teacher-Scholar Panel: Historical and Contemporary Cultural Themes 2019 Teacher-Scholar Vital Worship Grant recipients talk about their projects and the implications for those projects for gathered worship. Conversation | July 08, 2020 Teacher-Scholar Panel: Liturgical Resources and Practices 2019 Teacher-Scholar Vital Worship Grant recipients talk about their projects and the implications for those projects for gathered worship. Conversation | July 08, 2020 Teacher-Scholar Panel: Community and Social Justice Themes 2019 Teacher-Scholar Vital Worship Grant recipients talk about their projects and the implications for those projects for gathered worship. Conversation | July 08, 2020 Elizabeth Bajema: All Belong in God’s Family Churches sometimes see themselves as inclusive simply because they have attendees from group homes. But true inclusion means getting to know people as individuals with gifts to offer in God’s family. Conversation | July 06, 2020 Anta Antheemon (You Are a Great God) Anta Atheemon is sung by Christians throughout the Middle East and the Arabic speaking world. Composer Ziad Samuel Srouji was born in Haifa, Galilee, lived his childhood in Lebanon and moved to the United States during the civil war in Lebanon. He is currently pastor of the Gate International Church in California. Conversation | Video | June 04, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Offering Hope at Grace and Peace Christian Reformed Church, Chicago, Illinois Chantel Varnado, worship arts director at Grace and Peace CRC, shares her insights for leading worship in the time of COVID-19, drawing wisdom and her own experience from her multicultural worshiping context. Conversation | May 18, 2020 Lora Copley and Elizabeth Vander Haagen on Family Prayer and Worship Families spending more time together during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders have the opportunity to nurture—or begin—daily practices of family worship and prayer. Conversation | May 01, 2020 « Previous 3 4 5 6 7 ... Next »
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