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Feature Story | May 24, 2010 Psalms in Worship: God knows we need help praying Discover why more congregations are following Christ's example of praying the Psalms in worship. A feature story exploring the use of the Psalms in Christian Worship. Feature Story | July 24, 2009 Praying the Psalms In our worship we enter into a dialogue between God and God’s people—a dialogue that neither begins with our entrance nor ends with our exit. More accurately we are joining in a conversation that started long before we ever showed up. Indeed, worship is a cosmic gathering in which we are privileged to participate. Article | March 01, 2009 Praying Around the Communion Table: Cultivating a Spirit of Thanksgiving Discover ways that the prayer of thanksgiving at the Lord's Supper provides a shape and vocabulary to guide us in lives of gratitude as well as connect our practices in church with the actions in our daily lives. Audio | January 01, 2009 Prayer in the Life of a Third Millennium Monastery: What We're Learning This session featured stories, prayers, and insights from the first year of the Stockbridge Boiler Room, a simple Christian community that practices a daily rhythm of prayer, study, and celebration while caring actively for the poor and the lost. Audio | January 01, 2009 Public Biblical Praying This workshop looked at biblical and historical examples of how ancient Christians prayed in public worship. Audio | January 01, 2008 An Invitation to 'The Liturgy of the Hours' From the age of the Apostles, to the Early Church Fathers, to the Middle Ages, to the present, we are invited to join that great cloud of witnesses who have worshiped God around the clock from hour to hour, from one time-zone to the next, in ceaseless prayer and praise. This session explored how to incorporate the rhythm of what some call 'The Liturgy of the Hours' into busy contemporary life. Audio | January 01, 2008 The Long Prayer: Offering Prayers in Public Worship Whether pre-written, extemporaneous, or a combination, the prayer offered in worship on Sunday morning is probably the longest single prayer most people hear all week. As pastors and worship leaders, our public prayers reveal much about our habits of mind even as those prayers have a shaping influence on how the congregation prays all week. This workshop looked at the place of prayer in public worship and will offer practical suggestions for offering prayers that are theologically imaginative and pastorally sensitive. Audio | January 01, 2008 Praying with the Early Church: Crucial Lessons about Intercessory Prayer This session reviewed several prayer texts from the third to the fifth century, and then probed the very practical ways they might challenge us to pray more deeply in worship today. Audio | January 01, 2008 Help Me Out, Lord - From Reformed Worship A prayer of lament. Article | June 01, 2007 Uncovering the Blessing of Fixed-Hour Prayer Whether you call it the divine office, praying the hours, or common prayer, this ancient treasure of Christian heritage is hidden in plain sight. A feature story exploring the blessing of fixed-hour prayer. Feature Story | April 17, 2006 Three Prayer Veterans tell why they’ve stuck with fixed-hour prayer Meet three people who feel called to fixed-hour prayer, admit it has its ups and downs, and can’t imagine not doing it. As important as common prayer is in their lives, all also advise practicing other forms of prayer as well. Feature Story | April 17, 2006 Worship in the Early Church Some of the worship practices of early Christians --100-400 A.D.-- were strikingly different but perhaps more biblical than ours today. Audio | January 01, 2006 The Rhythm of God's Grace Today's hectic pace of life leaves little time for prayer. Daily morning and evening prayer is an ancient treasure of the church that offers a worshipful way to live and pray, no matter how busy our lives feel. Learn more about this classical mode of prayer and how you can incorporate its wisdom into your daily life. Audio | January 01, 2006 Praying for Christians in Egypt (and elsewhere) It was just a simple email between friends--but now a Canadian congregation prays for Christians in Egypt. Your church can just as easily make congregational prayers more global. A feature story exploring the inclusion of Global concerns in our congregational prayers. Feature Story | December 09, 2005 Presbyterians in India struggle to balance indigenous and received culture Whether they are drama leaders in a North American mega church or Catholic priests in a Mexican village, Christians everywhere wrestle with how much of culture to appropriate in worship. They debate the difference between yielding to syncretism and following Paul’s desire “to become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some” Feature Story | December 09, 2005 Using More Psalms in Worship Find out why Christians from many traditions are rediscovering the Psalter for singing, prayer, and worship. A feature story exploring the use of the psalms in worship. Feature Story | November 28, 2005 Prayer for Iraq and the World This prayer was offered in a service of prayer held in the Calvin College Chapel on March 12, 2003, and can be adapted for use during a time of war. Article | June 01, 2005 Learning His Will - Matthew 7, HCLD 49 A service plan from the Lord's Prayer focused on greater obedience and discipleship in the Christian life in a series on prayer as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 The Forgiveness Matter - Psalm 32, Matthew 6, HCLD 51 A service plan from the Lord's Prayer focused on the forgiveness we receive and extend to others in a series on prayer as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 « Previous 3 4 5 6 7 Next »
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