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Providing charitable support and development assistance to people in need can and does work, but, like any important activity, we must learn how to do it well.
Is it possible to work in international development without hurting those we are helping?
Cornelius Plantinga Jr. gives an opening plenary lecture at the 2017 Taking Your Church to College.
Pastor Gabriel Salguero reminds us the soul has hunger and needs. Good worship speaks to the body and the soul.
A visual symbol that can be placed on the cover of service bulletins, within the written liturgy, or on a large screen display.
This vesper service from the 2017 Calvin Symposium on Christian Worship focuses on prayers for the suffering church.
The “Faith and Work” movement has become popular in many churches in North America in recent years. Many have sought to bridge the gap between Sunday worship and Monday work by showing how Christian liturgy and theology affect how we approach our weekday work. But our weekday work also affects how we inhabit Sunday worship in profound ways, and those who lead and craft liturgies do well to be attentive to this reality.
What does faithful ministry look like after trauma? What if that trauma is public trauma, like ministry after 9-11 in New York or after recent trauma in Ferguson or Orlando?
An annotated research guide from the field of practical theology, focusing on pastoral care and the African American experience
Isaac Wardell, Bruce Benedict, and Laura Fanucci provide some very practical first steps for congregations with a desire to address vocation in worship.
With one in 68 individuals being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, it is likely that your worshiping community already includes someone with ASD. If you are a pastor, worship leader, musician, church school teacher, or church volunteer, discover specific ways to identify, interact with, and worship with persons with ASD.
Cultural Intelligence is an essential skill for all those in the worshiping community, especially those in leadership positions.
