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And, Pentecost Monday and the entire succession of days during Pentecost season, are a time of summons and challenge. Pentecost season is a time for the church to remind believers of their daily, lifelong call to bear witness to their Lord and to engage in his mission. Reflection | May 25, 2012 The Journey to Jerusalem: Devotions for Lent This daily Lenten devotional was created by the worshipers of Church of the Servant Christian Reformed Church. It is used by permission of Church of the Servant. Reflection | May 11, 2012 Alban Weekly on Planning as 'Holy Conversation' This Alban Weekly article asks how a leader negotiates preferences and opinions to plan worship as a Holy Conversation. Reflection | April 24, 2012 The Etiquette of Weddings and Worship If we carry this wedding analogy over into our worship planning, we can employ the same criteria in order to determine if our worship will bring God honour and pleasure. Reflection | April 17, 2012 Reflections on planning high school chapel Reflections on planning high school chapel by Ben Dykhouse of Ontario Christian School Reflection | April 17, 2012 Singing our Theology: Hymn Society conference For five days I had the opportunity to attend the Hymn Society Conference, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Hymn Society Conference is an annual conference that meets in a different location every year. It draws people who love hymns and the history of hymns. Reflection | April 17, 2012 Finding family thousands of miles from home: reflections on going where God calls I did not want to go to California. I wanted to stay home. That desire hit me hard over Christmas break as I watched people in the church I had grown up in come forward for communion. Reflection | April 17, 2012 Easter Sunday Christ’s Rising: Life Stronger than Death “On the third day He arose again from the dead.” By these words in the Apostles Creed, Christians are declaring, forthrightly and unequivocally, a radical conviction, full of cosmic implications. He is stronger than death. His triumph over the grave ensures the defeat of any pretender to his authority and rule. Reflection | April 08, 2012 Good Friday Christ's Cross: ‘Of First Importance‘ On some points of doctrine, honest Christians honestly disagree. On one point, however, all do agree: The cross lies at the very heart of the Christian message. Reflection | April 06, 2012 Mouths to Taste, Lips to Declare Mouths are for eating. No fewer than 700 times Biblical writers mention the vital role that eating plays in maintaining one’s health. Eating is important to physical health, of course—that goes without saying. But Scripture also uses eating as a metaphor for how God’s people can maintain spiritual health and grow in fellowship with their Creator and Redeemer. Reflection | March 30, 2012 Hands To Worship and Embrace the One We Crucified Consider the amazing dexterity of our hands. With them we care for our bodies: we wash, feed and groom ourselves. Think, too, of our remarkable ability with our hands to bring blessing or cursing upon others, to help them or to inflict deep hurt. The power of touch, whether for good or ill, is immense. Reflection | March 16, 2012 Feet to Follow Jesus Jesus, who willingly directed his feet to walk that difficult path of obedience marked out for him by his heavenly Father, endured heavy opposition from enemies as a result. Be clear, therefore: When Jesus bids a person to follow him, he doesn’t present the call as something of an attractive bargain. Reflection | March 13, 2012 Ears to Hear, Hearts to Obey To love to hear the Lord spoken of, and to seek to follow him: Is there a finer summary description of a Christian’s aim? Reflection | March 09, 2012 Eyes to Behold Our Savior's Grandeur Eyes are for seeing. Good eyes can see well; bad eyes, less well; blind eyes, not at all. Audio | Reflection | March 02, 2012 The Radiant Preciousness of Jesus Series During this Lenten season, I intend to focus these meditations on the radiant preciousness of our Lord Jesus Christ and his love-driven willingness to endure cruel suffering and death in order to bring us new life. Audio | Reflection | February 21, 2012 Coop's Column - Creation's Choir Sings Hymns of Praise It takes an act of slowing life down enough to cultivate wonder, which is one of the reasons God bids his children to practice Sabbath—to take a day off in order to savor life for the sheer and undeserved gift that it is, and then in turn to worship God and to give God thanks for it. This column includes an audio recording by Dale Cooper. Audio | Reflection | February 15, 2012 My Life and the Soundtrack of Hymns Hymns have been woven into our lives with layers of significance. Hear the stories behind the hymns that were written, why hymns still matter today, and how they have shaped my own story. This session was a combination of discussion, performance and singing together. Audio | Reflection | January 27, 2012 Worshiping in a Multicultural Environment A multicultural, multilingual congregation is one that reflects the diversity of God’s kingdom, but also the complexities of life together this side of eternity. Having a way of understanding and interpreting the differences among us makes it possible to anticipate the worship described in the Revelation vision. Audio | Reflection | January 27, 2012 The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice Worship and justice are often seen as separate and unrelated. Nothing could be further from the truth based on the character of God and the revelation we have been given in Jesus Christ. Audio | Reflection | Video | January 27, 2012 Coop's Column- All Your Wondrous Works Proclaim With so much around us to invite our curiosity and to evoke our wonder, a bored attitude toward life is sinful. A day’s adventure in the world ought to end, after all, with an exclamation point of thanksgiving to God. 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