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Constance Cherry on Competing Metaphors for Worship

Most churches measure worship services against a certain ideal. They may think of worship like a concert, entertainment, dialogue, or something else. Even if they have not consciously chosen an operating metaphor for worship, their pattern greatly influences how individuals and congregations live out their faith.

Conversation Conversation | February 15, 2019

Constance Cherry on Small Church Worship and Identity

Small churches sometimes feel weak or irrelevant. Intentional worship practices can help them discover their value before God and to the community.

Conversation Conversation | February 15, 2019

Birgitta Johnson on Praise and Worship Music

Praise and worship music can lift worshipers’ hearts to God and unite people across culture, religious tradition, and background. But the genre is not meant to be the only kind of music in a congregation’s repertoire.

Conversation Conversation | January 07, 2019

Birgitta Johnson on New African American Ecumenical Hymnal

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism is a new Protestant hymnal compiled by a core committee of worship arts ministers and scholars. It goes deep and wide into the multiple streams of black Christian music and worship.

Conversation Conversation | January 07, 2019

Amanda Benckhuysen on Preaching from the Minor Prophets

Most congregations have never heard a sermon preached from the prophetic books of Nahum or Obadiah. Other than a few choice passages in Jeremiah or Isaiah, the major prophets are mainly ignored too. That means worshipers are missing out on more than a quarter of inspired Scripture.

Conversation Conversation | December 12, 2018

Rosa Cándida Ramírez y Analisse Reyes comentan sobre cantar coritos

Cantar coritos - cantos breves - en español e inglés en el culto ofrece hospitalidad y facilita que la congregación aprenda nuevos conceptos sobre quién es Dios.

Conversation Conversation | December 04, 2018

John McClure on How Liturgical Practices Can Shape Conversations in a Pluralistic World

Christian liturgical practices—confession, intercession, and preaching—contain wisdom that can bring compassion and consensus to public conversations around contentious moral issues.

Conversation Conversation | December 04, 2018

Duane Kelderman on the Challenge of Preaching in a Fragile Europe

A Dominican preaching colloquium addresses the challenge of preaching in contemporary Europe, where secularism, individualism, and a lack of cultural consensus have given rise to fear, division, and xenophobia.

Conversation Conversation | November 16, 2018

Joyce Ann Zimmerman on 14 Years of Evaluating Vital Worship Grants

During her 14 years on Calvin Institute of Christian Worship’s Grants Advisory Board, Joyce Ann Zimmerman evaluated 1,345 grant proposals. She describes essentials of a good grant project.

Conversation Conversation | November 09, 2018

Rosa Cándida Ramírez and Analisse Reyes on Singing Coritos

Singing coritos {short songs} in Spanish and English is hospitable in worship. It also opens up worshipers to new understandings of God.

Conversation Conversation | October 23, 2018

Emmett G. Price III on Racial Reconciliation Resources for Congregations

Learning about diversity among Christians is a good way to embrace the ministry of reconciliation entrusted to us by God.

Conversation Conversation | September 25, 2018

Emmett G. Price III on Studying Black Christian Experience

“If we don’t see each other in the Bible, we get stuck in social perplexities that cause us to not be a good witness,” says Emmett G. Price III.

Conversation Conversation | September 25, 2018

Ernest Brooks on Inspiring Young People to Become Preachers

The Academy of Preachers identifies promising young preachers from all Christian backgrounds and brings them together to explore and develop their preaching gifts.

Conversation Conversation | September 19, 2018

Eddie Espinosa on Changes in Contemporary Worship Music

Eddie Espinosa, composer of “Change My Heart, O God,” explains why those who lead worship need to cultivate heart holiness.

Conversation Conversation | August 22, 2018

Gregory Heille on Pope Francis: ‘Instantly on Message’

From his first day in office, Pope Francis translated his Latin American perspective into a global vision for the Catholic Church.

Conversation Conversation | August 02, 2018

Gregory Heille on the Dominican View of Preaching

The Dominican Order is dedicated to preaching—in and out of the pulpit. Eight hundred years after its founding, the order includes more lay members than sisters and nuns and friars combined.

Conversation Conversation | August 02, 2018

Gregory Heille on the Dominican Preaching Network

Dominican homiletics teachers in Europe, Asia, and North America collaborate to raise up new leaders to foster the Dominican preaching mission around the world.

Conversation Conversation | August 02, 2018

Kevin Adams on the Mission at the Heart of Classic Worship

An ancient pattern at the heart of classic Christian worship helps welcome and orient people into life in the body of Christ.

Conversation Conversation | July 25, 2018

Kevin Adams on Framing Words for Missional Worship

Worship can change lives when people understand what they are doing and why. Carefully chosen words help frame classic worship elements so gathered congregants are sent out to embody God’s grace, mercy, and peace.

Conversation Conversation | July 25, 2018

Karoline Lewis on Helping New Preachers Find Their Voice

For beginning preachers, both women and men, finding their authentic voice requires deep self-reflection in a supportive, respectful context.

Conversation Conversation | July 18, 2018