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 - 11 of 11 Sort by: Title | Date Music, Congregational Identity, and the Relationships that Spark Effective Ministry How does music express and form a congregation’s identity? How can that identity be defined and shaped by the relationships it seeks to nurture and the mission it seeks to promote? Audio | February 17, 2017 L. Gregory Jones on Traditioned Innovation in Worship Worship conversations change when you choose to see tradition as a lively center from which to innovate. This provides common ground between those who fear change and those who overvalue change. Conversation | March 11, 2016 Monique Ingalls on Why Scholars Can Stop Worship Wars So many worship conversations go awry because people and congregations don’t know how to talk about what they do or value in worship. Both Christian and non-Christian scholars can help. Conversation | December 15, 2015 Exchanging the Worship Wars for World-changing Worship Plennary Session delivered by Stanley Grenz. Audio | February 23, 2015 Visiting Scholars Connect Worship and Life Academic study can be a deep resource used to strengthen faith and ministry. It gives us language and frameworks to respectfully discuss vexing worship issues. Feature Story | June 17, 2013 Worship in 1 Corinthians: Paul’s Take on the Corinthian Worship Wars Plenary address by Kenneth E. Bailey presented at the 2013 Calvin Symposium on Worship. Video | February 19, 2013 Robert Nordling on Humility and Christian Leadership In December 2012, Robert Nordling gave an extended interview. In this edited excerpt, he talks about humility as a key to Christian leadership and formation during college. Conversation | Video | February 14, 2013 Worship Leading as a Ministry of Reconciliation When Isaac Wardell interviewed for the job of director of worship arts at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, he learned how often worship changes hurt, confuse, or offend people. Feature Story | December 06, 2010 Greg Scheer on Working with Worship Committees "People fear the unknown above all. You lie awake worrying about what might happen," says Greg Scheer, minister of worship at Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Worship changes often make people fear they'll lose power, feel discomfort, or watch meaningful traditions erode. Feature Story | December 06, 2010 Dealing with Fear in Church Life How can we worship so that God’s perfect love overcomes all we’re afraid of? Feature Story | December 06, 2010 Create Worship Renewal, Not Worship War: Six tips on how to talk about worship Eighteen people. Umpteen differences. For three years, these Protestant Christians talked through worship war tensions to create a book together. A feature story about the genesis of "Discerning the Spirits." Feature Story | June 11, 2004