Cultural Diversity

Benjamín Alicea-Lugo on Praise y Adoración Bilingual Hymnal

Praise y Adoración is a new private-market bilingual hymnal and worship resource by Benjamín Alicea-Lugo and Irma Cuevas Alicea. It has 950 song texts in English and Spanish and comes in three editions.

December 14, 2016 | 6 min read
Victoria Emily Jones on Gazing as a Spiritual Practice

Though she is passionate about Christian art, especially visual art, Victoria Emily Jones knows that congregations are full of “non-art” people. Her blog aims to help people of faith interpret, enjoy and use art in worship and private devotions.

December 14, 2016 | 6 min read
Our 95 Theses: Hispanic Perspectives on the Protestant Reformation

After beginning in Wittenberg, the Protestant Reformation surged among marginalized and exiled people. A new book by Latino and Latina Protestants, Catholics and Pentecostals explores that legacy.

November 30, 2016 | 8 min read

Singing in Spanish and English: Reflections of Musicians and Educators

Carlos Colón and Maria Monteiro are Texas Baptists, educators and musicians. They serve on a team that is compiling a fully bilingual Spanish-English hymnal for Protestants.  

November 30, 2016 | 7 min read
Would Jesus Listen To My Story?

In November 2016, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship sent Calvin College student Adrienne Hall to Would Jesus Eat Frybread, a conference for Native American students put on by Intervarsity, Cru, and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.

November 28, 2016 | 2 min read
Lily Constantine Kakish on the Arabic Lord’s Prayer Song

Lily Constantine Kakish created the Arabic Lord’s Prayer song that nearly every Arab Christian knows. Now an English language version is helping more people pray with, and on behalf of, suffering Christians.

November 7, 2016 | 3 min read


The Practice of Christian Worship

This article, translated into Amharic, comes from the Prologue of The Worship Sourcebook and explores elements of planning and leading congregational worship.

August 31, 2016 | 1 min read