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We can also take great delight in the perfect match that exists within many of our corporate worship patterns. Take an individual who delights in patterns, structure, and “sameness,” and you have a recipe for a joyful worshiper. Article | April 01, 2016 Best Contemporary Worship Music You May Not Know In the age of the internet, we all have access to hundreds of thousands of songs. Hundreds more are written each week. There are dozens of remarkable songs written that are biblically faithful, musically excellent, theologically robust, liturgically fitting, and singable by ordinary people—but they can be hard to find! Video | March 31, 2016 How Loud Is Too Loud? Volume in worship can be a touchy subject, one full of tensions. However, by looking at it through the lens of Universal Design and applying this principle to volume, we can see the many tensions in play and work together to glorify the Lord and lead God's people in song. Article | March 21, 2016 The Worship Pastor: Thinking Through the Pastoral Dimensions of Worship Leading Whether we know it or not, as worship leaders, we are pastors. The services we plan and lead have a formative effect on the worshipers with whom we gather weekly. The question is not if people are being formed by our leadership, but how. Audio | March 14, 2016 Incorporating Faith and Work into the Worship Service How do we help people connect their faith to their work in our worship services? For many Christians, bringing faith into the workplace falls into two main categories—evangelism and ethics. Audio | March 03, 2016 Monique Ingalls on Why Scholars Can Stop Worship Wars So many worship conversations go awry because people and congregations don’t know how to talk about what they do or value in worship. Both Christian and non-Christian scholars can help. Conversation | December 15, 2015 Share Your Stories of Inclusion How does your church include persons with disabilities in corporate worship? The CLC Network and Calvin Institute of Christian Worship invite you to submit your story of including persons with disabilities in a corporate worship setting, so that we may learn together. Article | November 20, 2015 Maria Eugenia Cornou on the Myth of Hispanic Culture Maybe you want to welcome Spanish speakers into your church community. If so, then don’t stereotype people who identify as Hispanic or Latino as all belonging to a single monolithic culture. Conversation | November 03, 2015 Expand Your Church’s Bilingual Music Repertoire Maybe there are people in your church or neighborhood whose first language is different than yours. Singing simple songs in their language is a fantastic way to welcome them in worship. Article | October 09, 2015 Charsie Randolph Sawyer on Healthy Gospel Singing Having a good voice isn’t enough to sing gospel music well and lead people into worship. This ministry requires health in body, mind and spirit. Conversation | September 03, 2015 Duane Kelderman on Weddings and Worship A Christian wedding is a reflection of the people getting married. But the wedding is not meant to be just about one couple. A Christian wedding at its best is also a form of worship in which God calls and the gathered people respond. Conversation | June 16, 2015 Worship Should Not Be Done in a Disorderly Manner Because The Lord Is a God of Order Magali Pardo, Lieutenant Colonel of the Salvation Army, talks about relationship between church and people based on her previous work in several Latin American countries and current supervision of ethnic churches in three states. Conversation | April 01, 2015 Seven Streams of 21st Century Congregational Song Skills for leading people in song in a musically multilingual world Audio | March 12, 2015 Components of Sexism Interfere with Worship Fifteen years ago Roberto Ghione was commissioned by God to start a church in Simi Valley, California, with a vision to bring people one step closer to God and spiritual growth. That is how New Hope Church was formed, which is affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church, and currently has about 120 members. Conversation | March 10, 2015 Reconciling with the Church Pope Francis recently said "Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the church." But what about those people for whom the church has been a source of pain? Audio | February 25, 2015 Liturgy, Anthropology, and Life Cycle How do children worship best? How can worship help young people through the teen years? What practices of worship resonate most with adults and elderly people? Audio | February 23, 2015 Sticky Liturgies: Worship, Youth Ministry, and the Faith of America’s Teenagers Research has shown that young people are abandoning the faith and leaving the church by the time they graduate from college. Might worship be part of the problem? Audio | February 20, 2015 The Most Important Word in Preaching Since the inception of the New Homiletic in the 1970s, preachers have been experimenting with inductive and narrative forms of preaching, thanks to the likes of Fred Craddock and Eugene Lowry. The idea is for sermons to engage people, create an experience of the biblical text. Audio | February 20, 2015 Celebrating Christmas in Pakistan The month of December brings joyful tidings across the world as more than two billion people anticipate celebrating the birth of Christ on December 25 although the Orthodox churches celebrate 12 days later. Article | December 10, 2014 Catherine Gunsalus González on Ancient Resources for Today’s Worship As in the second century, people come to churches today not knowing much about Christianity. Discoveries about early church worship can help Protestants and Catholics disciple newcomers. Conversation | November 26, 2014 « Previous 7 8 9 10 11 ... Next »