Great Preaching: What blacks and whites can learn from each other
Cleophus LaRue believes that black preachers and white preachers could make sermons more powerful by applying the best insights of the other's traditions.
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."
Christ Has Died, Christ Has Risen, Christ Will Come Again
An Easter service: Proclaiming the Gospel through the Heritage of African American Prayer and Song.
African-American Church Music: Beyond the myths
Do you think spirituals and gospel music pretty well sum up African American church music? Here's an invitation to discover the riches of African American sacred music, no matter who you are.
Unwrapping the Gift of Music from Other Cultures
Have you noticed all the clues that God loves diversity? Iona Community members can help you introduce music that reflects the gifts of Christians from "every tribe and language and people and nation."
Members of One Body?
Though it grieves and puzzles people in communities where Catholics and Protestants regard each other as members of Christ's body, tension and persecution mar relationships between Catholics and Protestants in Mexico.