Prayer

A Blessing for Healthcare Workers in a Time of Covid-19 Pandemic

Kate Williams wrote this prayer as a blessing for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 3, 2020 | 1 min read
Bendición para personal médico en tiempo de pandemia

Kate Williams escribió esta oración como una bendición para las personas que trabajan en la salud durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

April 3, 2020 | 1 min read

A COVID-19 Prayer Based on Psalm 51

Calvin University professor Chad Engbers prayed this prayer on March 12, 2020 during the daily chapel service. This was one of the last chapel services conducted before the campus closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

April 2, 2020 | 2 min video
A Prayer to God in Anxious Times

Rev. Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. wrote this prayer in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

April 2, 2020 | 1 min read

Georie Bryant and Reynolds Chapman on Prayer Walks

Sometimes Christians worry that praying in public will be embarrassing or offensive. Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, organized a prayer walk that connected with neighbors.

November 26, 2019 | 5 min read
Praying in Public for Various Occasion: Catholic Resources for Ecumenical Use

2019 Cultivating Vital Worship | Session

July 29, 2019 | 46 min listen

Derek Elmi-Buursma on Communion and Context

Whether you call it Communion, Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper, or something else, you may wonder how to connect this sacrament with real life. Learn how one small urban congregation creates eucharistic liturgies for living in a broken world.

June 4, 2019 | 8 min read
Worship that Cares for People Pastorally

You may think of pastoral care mainly as personal visits to someone’s hospital room or home. But Howard Vanderwell wrote that the entire worship service has “powerful potential for caring for worshipers’ needs.” His book Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy explains how.

February 13, 2019 | 7 min read