Hábitos verticales: La iglesia misional y la adoración
“Hábitos verticales” es un proyecto que explora cómo el uso de un lenguaje relacional saludable puede transformar nuestros cultos y nuestras vidas.
February 27, 2006
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13 min read
Vertical Habits: Missional Churches at Worship
In this workshop for new and emerging, as well as established and evolving congregations, we explored how new Christians and young children learn to relate to God, and what this teaches us about our practices of weekly congregational worship. The workshop featured insights from a number of congregations involved in a new Vertical Habits program hosted by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
Testimony as Practice: Implications for Preaching, Worship, and a Christian Way of Life
The way we talk in worship affects the way we talk in the rest of our lives, and vice versa. Worship and daily life are integrally connected—a connection which is fundamental for developing healthy approaches to both worship and preaching.
January 1, 2006
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38 min listen
Helping People Include People with Disabilities
This workshop provided practical ideas for including persons with disabilities in Sunday School classes, youth groups, and adult small groups, based on the speaker's book of the same title.
January 1, 2006
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47 min listen
Baptism: A Sacrament for the Whole Congregation
This session drew upon biblical passages and confessional and liturgical texts from the Reformed tradition to demonstrate how Christian baptism is a communal, not an individual, sacrament.
January 1, 2006
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37 min listen
Writing Sermons in an Oral Style
The rhetorician James Winans once wrote, "A speech is not merely an essay standing on its hind legs." Yet many speakers—including preachers—write their messages in a style better suited for reading rather than hearing. To be an effective oral communicator, one must learn to write for the ear, not the eye.
January 1, 2006
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25 min listen
Planning Great High School Chapels
As Christian school families are learning from their kids and grand kids, high school chapel services are a lot different than they used to be--and often more appreciated as well. A feature story exploring high school chapels.
December 23, 2005
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7 min read
The Emerging Church: A Guide for the Perplexed
The growing attention paid to the "emerging church" has certainly got people talking. And whatever the "emerging church" is, it seems to be quite a chameleon.
October 16, 2005
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1 min read
Korean American Churches: From generation to generation
Why do so many Koreans convert to Christianity? And why is it so difficult to pass on this faith to children and grandchildren? A feature story exploring Korean American churches and how their faith is passed down from generation to generation.
July 5, 2005
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11 min read
It's a Good Thing He Left - John 16
A service plan from the Apostles' Creed focused on Christ's Ascension into heaven and how that benefits Christians in a series on the Apostles' Creed as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
June 1, 2005
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8 min read
Why Should I Work So Hard? - Colossians 3
A Labor Day service plan focused on hearing and responding to God's call to service in our daily work in obedience to God. This is part of a series addressing life's toughest questions for Christians.
June 1, 2005
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10 min read
Beatitudes Series: Blessed Are the Meek - Psalm 37, Matthew 5, Luke 8
A service plan focused on the Beatitudes and the blessing on those who are meek in a series on the Beatitudes.
June 1, 2005
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1 min read
