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Coop's Column - Simply Fellow Strugglers

My years as chaplain among college students have convinced me that many young people suffer from what I call the "immortality virus": "Death-accidents, illness, and weakness, too-can, and sometimes do, happen to others. But it won't -read: cannot- happen to me." Or so they foolishly imagine.

Reflection Reflection | August 16, 2010

Coop's Column - O!

It's easy just to go through the motions of love without one's heart really being in it.

Reflection Reflection | August 09, 2010

Coop's Column - God Everlasting!

Learning what it means to be human involves learning to locate one’s place in the grander scheme of things—to figure out where one “fits.”

Reflection Reflection | August 02, 2010

Coop's Column - There I Have Pledged to Set My Foot, Too

"Being alive is very difficult. Human beings are very complicated. I know. I've spent my whole life being one, and I still can't totally figure it out." So commented one elderly gentleman as he looked back over the seemingly haphazard trajectory of his life's course of events.

Reflection Reflection | July 26, 2010

Coop's Column - Introduction

In this column I hope to explore each week a facet of corporate Christian worship - that is, what do Christians do together when they congregate on Sunday morning before God's face?

Reflection Reflection | July 26, 2010

Enter the Drama of God's Story

Entering the biblical narrative requires looking at the story you actually live by and pondering why God gave the Bible as a sprawling story.

Feature Story Feature Story | July 09, 2010

Praying for Peace in the Middle East

Meeting Elias Chacour and other Holy Land Christians helps people pray differently for all who suffer in Palestine and Israel.

Feature Story Feature Story | May 24, 2010

Adapting Vertical Habits to Your Church or School

Focusing on simple phrases helps develop worship habits that affect our whole lives. Vertical habits expand how people talk with God during church worship and school chapels. A feature story exploring relational words that expand worship language.

Feature Story Feature Story | September 14, 2007

Vertical Habits: Relational words that expand worship language

Focusing on simple phrases helps develop worship habits that affect our whole lives. Vertical habits expand how people talk with God during church worship and school chapels. A feature story exploring relational words that expand worship language.

Feature Story Feature Story | September 14, 2007

Help Me Out, Lord - From Reformed Worship

A prayer of lament.

Article Article | June 01, 2007

Simply Christian - N.T. Wright

Based on the speaker's book, this presentation explored the foundations of our spiritual longing and the basics of the Christian faith.

Audio Audio | February 05, 2007

Arthur Paul Boers

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 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 Feature Story | April 17, 2006

Worship - taking a closer look

To preach about worship, what text would you preach? Where in Scripture would you look?

Article Article | March 06, 2006

Eugene Peterson

Eugene Peterson on God's Standing Invitation: Eat This Book

Whether translating the Bible from original Hebrew and Greek or writing spiritual theology, Eugene Peterson says he has one aim--getting Scripture into the hearts, minds, arms, legs, and mouths of men and women. A feature story exploring Eugene Peterson's view on Christians reading and internalizing the Bible.

Feature Story Feature Story | March 03, 2006

The Burden on the Crucifix: What the Sweetbrier Pastor did instead of writing Lenten sermons

A story by James Schaap about a pastor debating the meaning of the Crucifix and what it means.

Article Article | March 01, 2006

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 Feature Story | December 09, 2005

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 Feature Story | December 09, 2005

Peer Learning Groups: Putting your heads together to change hearts

Several Christians learning together as peers will accomplish far more than one enthusiastic reader can do alone--especially when these study groups look for the Holy Spirit's guidance. A feature story exploring the benefits of Peer Learning groups.

Feature Story Feature Story | November 11, 2005

Worship Responses to the Tsunami

A list of thoughts, suggestions and resources compiled in response to the tsunami tragedy of 2004--these are posted in the hope they will guide you in crafting some manner in which your group or congregation can appropriately respond to such events in worship.

Article Article | June 01, 2005