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
How Communion Trains Us in God’s Hospitality
The more that you experience God’s grace through the sacraments and in ordinary life, the more attention you’ll pay to who’s not at the Lord’s Table.
February 7, 2011
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6 min read
Hospitality as Paying Attention
Randy Smit sees all of life as a gift and the Lord’s Table as the “quintessential place for experiencing the hospitality of Christ. And so who’s at the table becomes pretty significant.” He suggests focusing less on “fencing the table,” more on opening it to children or others who may be left out.
February 7, 2011
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3 min read
Psalms of Ascent: songs for the journey
Immersing themselves in these psalms helped worshipers view their lives as people journeying together on their way home to God.
January 31, 2011
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7 min read
Christian Worship in the 4th Century Jerusalem
What might an ancient church have to say for renewing our worship today?
January 28, 2011
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61 min listen
Allowing the Liturgical Year to Shape Sunday Worship
From Sunday as the first feast of the Christian Church through the later development of a liturgical year that celebrates the life of Christ, this approach to worship offers rich possibilities for shaping celebration.
January 28, 2011
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64 min listen
How Do We Learn During Worship?
What do classrooms and worship services share, and what each can learn from the other?
January 28, 2011
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62 min listen
Symposium 2011 - Science, Preaching, and the Church
In this workshop Deborah Haarsma gives a case study of Christian responses to the science of origins, including young earth creationism, intelligent design, and theistic evolution. Scott Hoezee discusses how the church can have a broader and more positive engagement with the scientific disciplines in sermons, worship, and the life of the church.
January 28, 2011
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61 min listen
Worship and Mission after Christendom
As Christendom wanes, worship and mission can be integrated anew. Worship glorifies God and forms the worshippers to participate in the missio Dei.
January 28, 2011
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60 min listen
