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Price III Emmett G. Price III reflects on the how worship brings together people with unique differences. Video | March 23, 2017 Marcelo Villanueva on Authentic Worship in Argentina More people are training to lead music and worship in Protestant churches in Argentina. As in churches elsewhere, they must balance using popular songs from other cultures with creating music that helps worshipers live out their faith in the real world. Conversation | March 23, 2017 Many Colors Paint the Rainbow: A Service of Scripture Proclamation, Choral, and Congregational Song The Calvin College Alumni Choir collaborates with members of Coro Polifónico from the Seminario Internacional Teológico Bautista in Argentina and Artists Creating Together, a Grand Rapids-based choir that empowers individuals with disabilities to learn, grow, and celebrate through the arts to lead songs, hymns, and anthems which express our profound solidarity as members together of Christ’s body. Video | March 13, 2017 Revelation 7: The Great Multitude of God's People A worship service held at Worship Symposium 2017 Video | February 24, 2017 Approaching Civic Holidays as Occasions of Both Thanksgiving and Lament The Psalms form us as people of faith to express both thanks and lament to God. This offers us a perspective that is especially needed when we worship together on or near civil holidays, and face the temptation to promote a civic religion substitute for robust Christian vision. Audio | February 23, 2017 Wendell Kimbrough on Singing Creation Psalms A regular discipline of writing psalm refrains helped one musician notice psalms in which creation and God’s people call each other to worship the Creator. Conversation | February 21, 2017 Celtic Psalms: Finding Light in the Darkness In this vesper service, the congregation worships God by singing and listening to psalm settings with soulful Irish and Scottish melodies, exploring how God’s light shines even in the midst of the darkest nights, guiding his people into places of joy, forgiveness, and peace. Video | February 20, 2017 Ordination Best Practices for Ministers, Elders and Deacons Because so many people search our website for ordination resources, we consulted five experts from five denominations. Their best practices will help you dig beneath the surface when you ordain or install ministers, elders and deacons. Feature Story | February 07, 2017 Victoria Emily Jones on Gazing as a Spiritual Practice Though she is passionate about Christian art, especially visual art, Victoria Emily Jones knows that congregations are full of “non-art” people. Her blog aims to help people of faith interpret, enjoy and use art in worship and private devotions. Conversation | December 14, 2016 Our 95 Theses: Hispanic Perspectives on the Protestant Reformation After beginning in Wittenberg, the Protestant Reformation surged among marginalized and exiled people. A new book by Latino and Latina Protestants, Catholics and Pentecostals explores that legacy. Feature Story | November 30, 2016 Lily Constantine Kakish on the Arabic Lord’s Prayer Song Lily Constantine Kakish created the Arabic Lord’s Prayer song that nearly every Arab Christian knows. Now an English language version is helping more people pray with, and on behalf of, suffering Christians. Conversation | November 07, 2016 Nancy Gordon on Sensing the Sacred Nancy Gordon adapted the multisensory Young Children in Worship program for people with dementia. Her model deserves to be spread and developed more widely. Conversation | October 17, 2016 Worship as One: Disability in Community A video giving testimony to a gospel-based vision of corporate worship that includes all people Video | September 29, 2016 When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Visual Program Evaluation Most people are familiar with the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but few consider what it means. Photographs are able to tell stories, and they can help your congregation see its ministries with fresh eyes. Article | August 23, 2016 Shiny, Happy People: The Vice of Vainglory, the Church, and You Work in Christian ministry and leadership often brings a struggle with image, reputation, and audience-pleasing. Video | July 08, 2016 Tom Hoeksema on a Bibliography of Disability and Inclusion Too many pastors and churches fail to see the wholeness of people who live with disability. Tom Hoeksema recommends books that can help preachers and churches become more inclusive. Conversation | May 16, 2016 Preaching to the Streets: Homiletics for Urban Ministry How can the Bible speak to the hopes and fears of urban people who don’t know anything about the Christian life? Video | April 21, 2016 What You Can Learn from Visiting Churches College and seminary professors offer church observation guides for their students. You can use their insights to learn more when you visit other churches. This process can also help you understand how people experience liturgical practices in your own congregation. Feature Story | April 13, 2016 Worship Leader as Pastoral Musician Musicians who lead worship are not merely performers, directors, coordinators, or music industry peddlers. We are primarily pastoral people—priestly leaders who shape the prayers and acclamations of God’s people. Video | April 13, 2016 Sandra Van Opstal on Multicultural Preaching A majority of U.S. Christians born before 1965 are white. However, the fastest growing groups in the U.S. as a whole and in its churches are people of color. Preaching must change to reflect this diversity so that all generations and nations can encounter God through the Word Conversation | April 08, 2016 « Previous 6 7 8 9 10 ... Next »