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Esta es la semana de la Pasión de Jesús. Empieza su agonía, sufre violencia y vejaciones, es crucificado y muere. Pero su muerte no es el final: es el inicio de algo nuevo. La muerte no tiene la última palabra, porque la vida ya es una realidad.
La resurrección de Jesús es un tiempo de profunda alegría, adoración y celebración por el triunfo de la vida sobre los poderes de la muerte. Así lo vivieron las mujeres y los discípulos de Jesús, y así lo debemos vivir las discípulas y discípulos de Jesús hoy, ante las fuerzas del mal y los proyectos de muerte.
Los cuarenta días previos a la pascua son días que la tradición cristiana ha considerado como días de reflexión sobre nuestra mortalidad (“somos polvo y al polvo volveremos”) sobre nuestros sufrimientos, nuestros pecados y la necesidad de volvernos a Dios para ser restaurados y tener una nueva vida.
Not many churches in Africa or elsewhere often include songs about social justice in worship. Kenyan scholar and musician Reuben Kigame believes that re-examining what the Bible says about justice and the good news should shift what we define as music appropriate for worship.
Lilly Endowment Inc. encourages intergenerational worship through its Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative. Worshiping together can include prayer, music, scripture, drama, visual arts, movement, testimony, and sacraments. Three grant projects include children’s worship music or songwriting for children to create immersive intergenerational worship experiences.
Lilly Endowment Inc. encourages intergenerational worship through its Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative. Worshiping together can include not only music, but prayer, scripture, drama, visual arts, movement, testimony, and sacraments. However, these three grant projects include or spotlight children’s songs or songwriting for children.
Este mes haremos un repaso de las enseñanzas y acciones compasivas de Jesús a favor de los marginados. Las bienaventuranzas y milagros de Jesús nos muestran el desafío de ser discípulos de Jesús hoy.
Through spirituals, freedom narratives, conversion accounts, and Black preaching, enslaved African Americans shared the embodied hope of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Like Paul, they proclaimed that the power of the cross of Christ should advance how the church participates in and quests for a more just and equitable world.
Singing in a good choir is aesthetically satisfying. But choral directors have the opportunity to do so much more. Mark Stover explains how do pastoral ministry in and through choral ensembles. This includes choosing anthems that promote social justice in ways that express God’s wide welcome.
Probably every Christian knows that Paul preached about the power of the cross of Christ for personal salvation. But Christians often miss Paul’s discourse on the power of the cross of Christ to bring about social transformation. Reclaiming the full power of the cross should bring about unity and equality—in body, soul, mind, spirit, and voice—in the body of Christ and society.
En su bautismo, Jesús es ungido por el Espíritu Santo, Señor y dador de vida, para dar vida en abundancia a todas las personas en medio del caos y la muerte. En sus tentaciones, Jesús renuncia a los poderes económicos, religiosos y políticos, y al asumir una vida de servicio, justicia y misericordia, los vence y conquista.
You’ve probably heard that we should take all of ourselves to God in prayer. But does God really care about doing laundry, aging rapidly, fighting traffic, or spending time with friends? God does care, according to W. David O. Taylor. His Prayers for the Pilgrimage: A Book of Collects for All of Life offers prayers about mundane sorrows and joys.
