All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 1 - 13 of 13 Sort by: Title | Date Forgiveness and the Worship and Witness of the Church This conversation with Célestin Musekura and Satrina Reid will engage the topic of forgiveness and its role in the worshiping community and how forgiveness and reconciliation affects our witness to the world. Video | January 22, 2021 Juana Bordas on Leadership for a Multicultural Age In this episode, Juana Bordas talks about the power of leadership when each person, culture and community can contribute equally and show respect for all, and how leaders who embrace gratitude and forgiveness offer their communities hope for the future. Audio | Podcast | November 03, 2020 Célestin Musekura on Forgiving as We Have Been Forgiven In this episode, Célestin Musekura talks about the humanizing and justice-focused work of forgiveness, for individuals, communities and Christian worship. Audio | Podcast | November 03, 2020 The Wardrobe of Easter: Forgiveness Forgiving: it’s a challenging practice—perhaps no other command of Jesus is more difficult to obey. And it’s so counter-intuitive. Why give anyone a fresh start after he’s hurt you deeply? Why not just retaliate by knocking his block off? Reflection | April 14, 2014 Worship, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation Forgiveness and reconciliation lie at the heart of the gospel of Jesus. For Jesus, who is our peace, puts to death hostility and enmity. Still, profound hostility is still the defining feature of life for billions of people—the hostility of gunfire and persecution, the hostility of racism and fear, the hostility of family dysfunction and church disunity. Video | June 17, 2010 How Ordinary Christians Practice Forgiveness and Reconciliation You might wonder how a reconciliation focus would change council meetings or congregational conflicts. This article looks at responses to Miroslav Volf's books. Article | November 28, 2006 A God Second-to-None - Micah 7 A Christmas or Christmas Eve service focusing on the Christmas story through the eyes of Micah, presenting God's gift of grace and forgiveness through his son. This is the final service in an Advent series on Micah and the hope that he pronounced. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 The Forgiveness Matter - Psalm 32, Matthew 6, HCLD 51 A service plan from the Lord's Prayer focused on the forgiveness we receive and extend to others in a series on prayer as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 How Can I Forgive Others? - Matthew 18 A service plan focused on our willingness to forgive others as we have been forgiven in a series addressing difficult questions of the faith. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Meeting the Judge - Romans 1, HCLD 4 A service plan focusing on Lord's Day 4 of the Heidelberg Catechism and reflecting on God's just nature in punishing sins, but also his merciful nature in forgiving them and offering us hope for salvation. This is part of a series on the Heidelberg catechism. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 The Community of Grace - 1 Peter A service plan from the Apostles' Creed focused on the united Body of Christ found in the Christian Church and the forgiveness of sins in a series on the Apostles' Creed as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 The Search for a Ransom - Psalm 49, John 1, HCLD 5 A service plan from Lord's Day 5 of the Heidelberg Catechism focused on our need for deliverance, and the truth that truth deliverance can only be found in Jesus Christ, part of a series on the Heidelberg Catechism. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Behaving Unnaturally - Third Sunday of Easter - Matthew 18 A worship service from Matthew 18 for the third Sunday of the Easter season. The theme of this service is forgiveness--a complicated issue for many people today. Worship Service | June 01, 2004