Cory B. Willson on the Faith/Work/Worship Ecosystem
Theological conversations about faith, work, and worship take on new meaning when they start with the needs, questions, and experiences of workers.
Re-forming the Liturgies of Our Daily Life and Work
A lot has been written about the importance of Sunday liturgies and their role in forming the life and worldview of worshipers. This session will focus on helping Christians identify the rituals and liturgies in their workplaces and daily lives and discern how to reform, reject, or reconstruct new rituals that facilitate tangible expressions of love for God, neighbor, and creation.
The Practice of Lament
A panel of Calvin Seminary faculty with a variety of research and ministry experiences will reflect on the practice of lament. What are the different faces of lament? What is the goal of lament? How can pastoral leaders facilitate lament? What does lament reveal about the nature of God and what it means to be human? Those attending the panel will also be able to raise questions and join the discussion.
A Coherent Ritual Life
What do our daily habits of home and work have to do with weddings, baptisms, or the Lord’s Supper? Dru Johnson and Cory Willson trace the biblical lines of ritual thinking, from the field, office, and factory to worship in the sanctuary and waters of baptism. Recording from the session held in July 2022.
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.
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.
Loving Our Muslim Neighbor: An Interview
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
Loving Our Muslim Neighbors
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
Reformed & Charismatic?: A Conversation with Cornelis van der Kooi
This is a conversation with Cory Willson and Cornelis van der Kooi, who is professor of systematic theology and director of the Center for Evangelical and Reformation Theology at the Free University of Amsterdam.
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.
A Roundtable on Connecting Sunday’s Worship to Monday’s Work
Six pastors and scholars share ideas to help congregations authentically practice God’s vision of shalom in worship and at work.
Work, Worship, and Mission: Overlooked First Steps of Missional Ministry
There is a lot of talk about missional communities in North American churches today. These important conversations are helpful as we think about the church’s witness to society.