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Biblical stories on discernment: Abraham (He Qi), Moses (Chris Overvoorde), Mary (Virginio Ciminaghi), Mary and Martha (Laurel Lozzi)

Prayers for God’s Leading: James 1:2–5

Shaping a time of prayer for dwelling with Bible texts, prayer responses, songs of faith, and a concluding benediction.

Prayer | October 21, 2021

Biblical stories on discernment: Abraham (He Qi), Moses (Chris Overvoorde), Mary (Virginio Ciminaghi), Mary and Martha (Laurel Lozzi)

Prayers for God's Leading

An emerging series of devotional and liturgical resources that explore the richness and breadth of scripture texts around discernment and calling.

Prayer | October 15, 2021

Biblical stories on discernment: Abraham (He Qi), Moses (Chris Overvoorde), Mary (Virginio Ciminaghi), Mary and Martha (Laurel Lozzi)

Praying for God’s Leading: Philippians 1:9-11

Shaping a time of prayer for dwelling with Bible texts, prayer responses, songs of faith, and a concluding benediction.

Prayer | October 13, 2021

Matthew Kaemingk and Cory Willson

Matthew Kaemingk and Cory B. Willson on Work and Worship

Many of us feel guilty for thinking about work during gathered worship. We don’t see a connection between what we do in worship and what we do at work. But a new book on work and worship describes biblical worship practices that help workers reclaim their place in the priesthood of all believers.

Conversation Conversation | December 03, 2020

Webinar panelists Matthew Kaemingk, Noel Snyder and Cory B. Willson

A Fresh Look at Designing Worship for Workers

There is a deep division between worship and work in the modern world. What can worship leaders do about it? Join this conversation.

Video Video | October 28, 2020

Douglas Brouwer

Douglas J. Brouwer on Pastoral Wisdom and Imagination

These video excerpts come from a conversation between Douglas J. Brouwer and John D. Witvliet at the annual Calvin Institute of Christian Worship— CICW—grants colloquium in June 2019.

Conversation Conversation | Video Video | August 26, 2019

Latifah Alattas

Evening Prayer: My Soul Finds Rest

Join with Latifah Alattas, singers from Urban Doxology, and Isaac Wardell as they respond to their Christian callings through scripture and song in this evening service.

Video Video | May 02, 2018

Isaac Wardell

Isaac Wardell on Rethinking Calling and Vocation

Not everyone feels called to their job or experiences it as way to use their gifts to accomplish great things for God. There is a more satisfying way to think about how God calls each of us.

Conversation Conversation | April 18, 2018

Isaac Wardell

Isaac Wardell on Bringing Work into Worship

Daily work, paid and unpaid, consumes our lives, energy, and minds—even when we are in church. Here are ways to plan worship so people see themselves and their work as instruments of God.

Conversation Conversation | April 18, 2018

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Songs of Christian Calling: My Soul Finds Rest

Join with Sandra McCracken and Isaac Wardell in songs and prayers of Christian calling.

Video Video | March 21, 2018

Kate Harris, Denise Daniels, and Luke Bobo

Designing Worship from the Bottom Up: Practical Ethnographic Tools for Worship Leaders

The “Faith and Work” movement has become popular in many churches in North America in recent years. Many have sought to bridge the gap between Sunday worship and Monday work by showing how Christian liturgy and theology affect how we approach our weekday work. But our weekday work also affects how we inhabit Sunday worship in profound ways, and those who lead and craft liturgies do well to be attentive to this reality.

Video Video | March 07, 2017

Isaac Wardell

Here Are My Hands: A Practical Workshop on Affirming Vocation in Weekly Worship Practices

Isaac Wardell, Bruce Benedict, and Laura Fanucci provide some very practical first steps for congregations with a desire to address vocation in worship.

Audio Audio | February 23, 2017

The Wardrobe of Easter: White-Hot with Purpose

St. Paul calls followers of Jesus Christ who have been resurrected with him to live far better. They must be well-ordered in their priorities and white-hot in their motivation.

Reflection Reflection | April 05, 2014

Five Stages on the Journey of Disability Attitudes

Based on the idea that the most disabling aspect of life with disabilities is the attitudes of others, Dan and Dan will show us how our attitudes often marginalize those God has called into God’s kingdom and service.

Audio Audio | February 17, 2014

Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation

Schools were asked to establish or strengthen programs that assist students in examining the relationship between faith and vocational choices, provide opportunities for gifted young people to explore Christian ministry, and enhance the capacity of a school's faculty and staff to teach and mentor students effectively in this arena.

Website Website | October 26, 2011

Baptism and the Transformation of Youths' Vocational Imaginations

This session explored, first, the relationship between Baptismal theology and vocation, and second, a variety of pedagogies designed to invite youth to imagine faithfully their unfolding futures with God.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

Finding Themselves at the Table: Youth Practicing Eucharistic Living in the World

This session explored an ecology of practices designed to deepen youths' participation in the Lord's Supper/Eucharist and to form them to interpret and act in the world eucharistically. Participants learned creative pedagogies for teaching youth about the Eucharist; how youth may be engaged in ministry at the Table; the importance of creating a broad ecology of liturgical and extra-liturgical Eucharistic practices through which youth may be formed; and the means to invite youths? personal and theological reflections on Eucharistic life.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

The Christian Work Style

A service plan based on Proverbs 6:6-8 and Ephesians 4:25-32 focused on the style of work that characterizes Christians in a series on vocation and how our faith and our work are integrated.

Worship Service Worship Service | June 01, 2005

Religion and Work - Do They Mix?

A service plan based on Exodus 20 and Colossians 3 addressing our attitudes toward daily work and what our faith has to do with shaping these attitudes in a series focused on vocation and how our faith and work are integrated.

Worship Service Worship Service | June 01, 2005

Finding a Job You Can Love

A service plan based on Ecclesiastes 2:17-26 focused on selecting our vocation, which should be a source of productivity, satisfaction and meaning for us as image-bearers of God who have been redeemed in Christ in a series focused on vocation and how our faith and our work are integrated.

Worship Service Worship Service | June 01, 2005