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Conversation | November 16, 2015 A Difficult Assignment: Suggestions for Leading in the Sanctuary This lecture offers some concrete suggestions as to how clergy and musicians can better work together to inspire a worship life that helps others to unwrap the gift of grace. Academic Article | July 11, 2012 Jubilee: Reflections This was a handout at one of two plenary sampler sessions that introduced several of the leaders at the Calvin Symposium on Worship and the Arts on Friday, January 14, 2000. Article | February 24, 2011 Grace and Peace (Philippians 1) The body of Christ in this world, gathered by God and called saints, can be confident that grace and peace continually come to them through the same love that called them to be God’s children. Article | October 19, 2010 Symposium 2009 - Standards for Excellence in Worship Worship planners and leaders often speak of excellence in worship. What are these standards and who determines them? Audio | January 01, 2009 The Rhythm of God's Grace Today's hectic pace of life leaves little time for prayer. Daily morning and evening prayer is an ancient treasure of the church that offers a worshipful way to live and pray, no matter how busy our lives feel. Learn more about this classical mode of prayer and how you can incorporate its wisdom into your daily life. Audio | January 01, 2006 It Takes Grace - 1 Corinthians 15 A service plan for Reformation Sunday focused on the sovereign grace of God as the only hope for our salvation. This is the final service in a four-part series on truths from the Reformation. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 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 Here Comes God! - Micah 1 An Advent service plan focused on introducing the book of Micah with not only the judgment, but also the hope and grace pronounced by Micah, which we are reminded of during Advent. This is part of a series on Micah and the hope that he pronounced. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Like a Plowed Field - Micah 3 An Advent service plan focused on the way God lovingly chastens us that our barrenness may give way to fertility and productivity in a series on Micah and the hope that he pronounced. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 The Poor Man's Ruler - Micah 5 An Advent service plan focused on Micah's prophecies of hope, how God brought the Messiah to the world through little Bethlehem, and how God is able to bring the "big" out of the "little" in a series on Micah and the hope that he pronounced. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 We Live by Faith - Romans 1 A service plan for October leading up to Reformation Day focused on the truth that we are saved by faith alone and we are called to live by faith in a four-week series on truths from the Reformation. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Growing With Peter Series: Back in Grace - John 21 An Eastertide service focused on the renewing Grace of God through Christ's resurrection, as illustrated in Peter's restoration and call to feed Christ's sheep. 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 Hospitality in Worship: A Reflection of God's Gracious Character I did not become passionate about hospitality until I realized that it had to be rooted in grace. Not until my desire to reflect Gods hospitality to me, in no longer calling me a stranger, but in calling me a friend, did the hospitality I extend to others become linked to grace. When that happened, then hospitality became more than technique and more than a task. Article | February 18, 2000