Vertical Habits and Mental Illness in Worship
The vertical habits framework is easy to understand and talk about. It gives people the words to bring every part of themselves--even mental illness--to God in worship.
June 13, 2011
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5 min read
Yvette Lau on worship in Hong Kong
Conversation with Yvette Lau about a worship symposium in Hong Kong.
May 12, 2011
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3 min read
Vertical Habits: Relational Words for Worship
In 2006, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship commissioned 23 congregations and schools to explore the theme of Vertical Habits, to learn how the words we use in our relationships also shape our worship.
Love Takes Practice: Christian Worship as a Pedagogy of Desire
We are what we love. This biblical notion is found across the Christian tradition, from Paul and Augustine to Luther and Edwards. But what are its implications for worship? Explore how Christian worship forms and shapes our love to make us a people who desire the kingdom of God, as well as how Christian worship counters the formation of "secular liturgies."
April 18, 2011
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58 min video
Swee Hong Lim on Asian Christian Worship Practices
Conversation with Swee Hong Lim on Asian Christian worship practices
April 14, 2011
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3 min read
Carrie Steenwyk on Fourth Century Christian Worship
Conversation with Carrie Steenwyk on Fourth Century Christian worship
April 7, 2011
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3 min read
Leadership in Times of Change
Change is always happening in the church, whether we like it or not! The challenge for leaders is to manage that change in ways that lead to greater health in their congregations, rather than conflict and discontent.
April 6, 2011
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3 min read
Toward a Liturgical Aesthetic
An interdisciplinary Review of Aesthetic Theory
March 10, 2011
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1 min read
Why Study Worship Worldwide?
The topic of the book Christian Worship Worldwide is endlessly interesting, profoundly instructive, and unmanageably large. The scope is nothing short of the worship practices of the world's two billion Christians.
March 2, 2011
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1 min read
Response to "Inculturation, Worship, and Dispositions for Ministry"
This essay is a response to John Witvliet's Afterword in Christian Worship Worldwide: Expanding Horizons, Deepening Practices.
March 2, 2011
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5 min read
Peace that Passes Understanding: Communion and Intellectual Disability
It turns out that what helps churches include people with cognitive impairments in communion is good advice for everyone.
March 1, 2011
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10 min read
An Open and Discerning Approach to Culture
How does worship relate to culture? How is worship in culture, but not of it? This video and accompanying Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture explore four central principles for an open and discerning approach to culture.
February 24, 2011
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6 min video
