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How to Learn Well in Online Courses: An Invitation to Conversation

Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary offer short-term online courses for lifelong learners. Besides engaging content to address key ministry challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the courses invite students and instructors into a culture of curiosity where they can learn from each other.

Feature Story | November 09, 2020

Online Discipleship and Mindfulness

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted opportunities to learn together in the same physical space. But Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary offer short online courses for lifelong learners to engage topics such as embodied discipleship and mindfulness in a world gone virtual.

Conversation | November 09, 2020

Janice McLean-Farrell on a Pastoral Approach to Research

Congregations often want to get information from members and neighbors. They can learn how to do so pastorally by considering how scholars do academic research using human subjects. Scholars follow ethical standards to gain data while doing no harm.

Conversation | January 08, 2020

When Local Churches Learn and Worship Together

Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, discovered that planning worship, learning, and reflecting together helped them be better witnesses in their East Durham neighborhood.

Feature Story | November 26, 2019

Georie Bryant and Reynolds Chapman on Prayer Walks

Sometimes Christians worry that praying in public will be embarrassing or offensive. Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, organized a prayer walk that connected with neighbors.

Conversation | November 26, 2019

Vital Worship in Congregations, Schools, and other Worshipping Communities

2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop

Audio | May 01, 2019

Four Learning Practices for Sermon Engagement

Learning practices have rich application for sermon engagement. Here are four easy-to-implement strategies to allow each sermon to be more formative in our daily lives.

Article | February 14, 2018

Your Brain on Arts

An Art Professor’s Insights on What Brain Science Is Telling Us About Creativity, Imagination and Congregational Life

Audio | August 24, 2016

What I Learned about Teaching Worship from a Chemistry Professor

"What’s a POGIL?” I asked, half-seriously, half-laughingly. My wife, Sheila, a chemistry instructor in a university was attending a conference for chemistry educators about a pedagogy growing in popularity in science classrooms around the United States. She explained that POGIL is a method for teaching both class content and important skills such as critical thinking and teamwork without using a lecture format.

Article | March 30, 2016

Understanding Your Congregation's Unique Worship Culture

Each local congregation has its own unique history, geographical and social location, demographic makeup, and mission.

Audio | March 02, 2016

What North American Churches Can Learn from the Church in Pakistan

Join this conversation between Eric Sarwar, a Presbyterian pastor from Pakistan, and Emily Brink, Worship Institute staff member, about how Pakistani worship practices can bless and inform the Christian church in North America.

Audio | February 23, 2015

The Wardrobe of Easter: Learning God’s Word

An essential aspect of the Christian life is listening to and obeying God's word.

Reflection | April 09, 2014

Show, Don't Tell: Keeping Sermons Vivid

Throughout the average week people talk about their lives and their families and their work through stories about whosaid what, how a certain event came about, and what something looked like and felt like when it happened. But too oftenon Sundays preachers present sermons that are short on vivid stories and long on description and the doling out of facts.In this workshop those who preach sermons and those who listen to sermons will explore both why vividness in sermons is vital and some ideas on how to make this happen in sermons as well.

Audio | March 04, 2014

What is Worship Renewal?

A summary of the meanings and implications of vital worship.

Article | September 23, 2013

How Do We Learn During Worship?

What do classrooms and worship services share, and what each can learn from the other?

Audio | January 28, 2011

Helping Children Understand the Psalms

The Psalms have been a great source of inspiration for generations of Christians but children seldom get the chance to interact with more than a handful of Psalms in a meaningful way. This workshop will explore how we can help children do this and why it matters.

Audio | January 01, 2009

Stories that Preach

This workshop discussed how contemporary short stories from writers such as Flannery O'Connor, Doris Betts, and Raymond Carver resonate with New Testament themes and how such stories might help preachers find ways to relate contemporary themes to their listeners.

Audio | January 01, 2007

What We Can Learn about Worship from Asaph the Psalmist

Asaph is hardly a household name, yet he has been impacting worshipers for 3,000 years. Twelve psalms are attributed to Asaph. Scripture reveals that Asaph was a man of integrity as well as a great artist. This workshop explored the man and his art to glean practical applications for us today.