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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Veterans - Suggestions for Pastors

These resources for pastors are provided as many voices are calling for the church to be a significant partner in the complex readjustment process of returning home for military veterans.

July 12, 2011 | 3 min read
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Veterans - Psalms and Prayers

These psalms and prayers are provided as many voices are calling for the church to be a significant partner in the complex readjustment process of returning home for military veterans.

July 12, 2011 | 9 min read
Ordinary Time Resource Guide

This resource guide for Ordinary Time includes sermon ideas, worship songs and hymns, visual arts, and readings to help you plan “ordinary” worship—times in the church year outside the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. The season’s liturgical color is green, symbolizing a time of growth in the Christian life. This guide also includes ideas for worship on Christ the King Sunday, Thanksgiving, and All Saints’ Day/Reformation Sunday.

July 8, 2011 | 2 min read

The Psalm Project: Reworking Genevan psalms for a new generation

The best way to learn the Psalms is to sing them, which is why a group of Dutch musicians is mining their "Genevan Psalter" heritage to create arrangements that appeal to today's worshipers.

July 5, 2011 | 7 min read

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Veterans Resource Guide

These resources focus on PTSD as a result of combat or military exposure. Many voices are calling for the church to be a significant partner in the complex readjustment process of returning home.

June 27, 2011 | 1 min read
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Veterans - Websites

These congregational resources are provided as many voices are calling for the church to be a significant partner in the complex readjustment process of returning home for military veterans.

June 27, 2011 | 1 min read

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Exceptional

We focus on the Spirit’s work in creation—more specifically, on his act of creating each human being as a mirror of God.

June 17, 2011 | 3 min read
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 | 5 min read
Five Tips for Worship that Welcomes People with Mental Illnesses

Kris Moore, Cheryl Shea, and others offer advice on paying attention to logistics and blessings so all experience God’s grace in worship.

June 13, 2011 | 2 min read