All pastoral leaders, including worship leaders, are called to make decisions with discernment about culture. We are called to “not conform to this world” (Rom. 12) and yet to “be all things to all people” for the sake of the gospel (1 Cor. 9:22). At its best, Christian worship is richly contextual. It is also countercultural. To make discerned choices about how worship relates to culture, we need the wisdom of believers from many different cultural contexts to teach and to guide us, to keep us from rejecting what should not be rejected and embracing what should not be embraced.
Recent Media Resources
Why Confronting What Divides Us Is a Gospel Issue
This workshop will examine why corporate gathering and worship as the church require us to address potentially polarizing issues.
Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed Worship
In today’s diverse and interconnected world, understanding and addressing trauma through a culturally responsive lens is essential for creating inclusive and healing worship experiences.
Cultivating the Creative Life
What is creativity, and why do we still need to talk about it? Join Sandra McCracken in a conversation on faith, imagination, and creativity.
Why Confronting What Divides Us Is a Gospel Issue
This workshop will examine why corporate gathering and worship as the church require us to address potentially polarizing issues.
Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed Worship
In today’s diverse and interconnected world, understanding and addressing trauma through a culturally responsive lens is essential for creating inclusive and healing worship experiences.
Cultivating the Creative Life
What is creativity, and why do we still need to talk about it? Join Sandra McCracken in a conversation on faith, imagination, and creativity.
Singing Bilingual Psalms from Passion Week through Ascension Day
A conversation with Tony Alonso.