What Makes All Ages Delight in the Psalms
The learning went both ways when two school communities decided to “dwell in the Psalms” for a year. Their Psalms-based creations revealed that the Spirit can work through kids and adults of any age to nourish faith.
November 7, 2014
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More Inclusion = Deeply Meaningful Worship
The lessons learned at two seminaries that renewed their chapel worship services can make a big difference in your congregation.
August 29, 2014
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7 min read
Musician Sally Ann Morris on Seminarians Learning Worship
Sally Ann Morris is the chapel musician at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She’s involved with each of Wake Div’s twice-weekly, 45-minute chapel services.
August 29, 2014
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5 min read
Kendra Buckwalter Smith on Authentic Global Worship
Kendra Buckwalter Smith is the worship coordinator at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PTS has chapel four days a week, and Smith meets with every person or team that plans a chapel service.
August 29, 2014
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5 min read
Six Tips on Teaching Worship in Seminaries
Two seminaries seek the sweet spot among worship classes and chapel services. They aim to produce ministers ready to lead worshipers in full, conscious, active participation.
August 29, 2014
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7 min read
Jeremy Zeyl on Singing the Heidelberg Catechism
Jeremy Zeyl is an award-winning singer-songwriter and the director of worship at Talbot Street Christian Reformed Church in London, Ontario.
July 21, 2014
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4 min read
How to Use Photos to Spark Worship Conversations
Whether you want to go simple or elaborate with these photo ideas, you can follow three steps to get people talking about worship and faithful living.
June 6, 2014
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6 min read
Visualizing Worship: Sparking conversations about worship and life
Two ideas borrowed from visual sociology researchers—photo elicitation and photovoice—are helping Christians and congregations picture their lived experiences with God.
June 6, 2014
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6 min read
Roman Williams on Peeling Back Layers of Meaning in Church Life
Roman Williams is a former pastor and church planter who now teaches sociology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He specializes in using visual methods to research the sociology of religion.
June 5, 2014
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4 min read
The Wardrobe of Easter: Gratitude
To be human is to be aware that life—one’s own life—is a sheer and undeserved gift from God. It is to revel and delight in its giftedness and to return thanks to the Giver. When the Giver hears an echo of gratitude, the circle becomes complete. Thus gratitude is an essential feature of living up to what God intended for his humans creatures when he made them.
April 11, 2014
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5 min read
The Wardrobe of Easter: Learning God’s Word
An essential aspect of the Christian life is listening to and obeying God's word.
April 9, 2014
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4 min read
The Wardrobe of Easter: White-Hot with Purpose
St. Paul calls followers of Jesus Christ who have been resurrected with him to live far better. They must be well-ordered in their priorities and white-hot in their motivation.
April 5, 2014
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4 min read
