David Bailey on Reconciliation and Worship Response Times
A few years ago, East End Fellowship, a multicultural Presbyterian congregation in Richmond, VA, started an urban songwriting internship and a gospel choir to reflect its congregational values of incarnation and reconciliation.
November 20, 2014
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2 min read
Images and Themes in John Calvin's Theology of Liturgy
John Calvin wrote much about the value, purpose, and nature of Christian liturgy.
November 19, 2014
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1 min read
Miranda Dodson on Worship Music
Maybe you heard her song “Try Again” on the TV drama Parenthood or NPR’s Morning Edition.
November 19, 2014
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1 min read
Pattern of worship
A basic flow to the dialogic pattern of worship.
November 19, 2014
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1 min read
Joel Carpenter on Artists as Prophets and Seers of Hope
Twenty artists from North America and South Africa created “Between the Shadow and the Light: Artists’ Prophetic Responses to South Africa Today.”
November 19, 2014
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1 min read
A New Vision for Children in the Worshiping Community
This article translated into Korean calls for worship services that seek to enable the participation of adults and children alike.
November 17, 2014
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1 min read
So You've Been Asked to Plan Worship
This article describes the role of the worship planner and provides suggestions for worship planning in a wide range of churches and worshiping communities.
November 17, 2014
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25 min read
More Than Technique: All worship planners and leaders have a pastoral calling
We need a perspective, a way of conceptualizing our role as worship leaders that will sustain us in our day-to-day work in our congregations.
November 17, 2014
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12 min read
So You've Been Asked to Lead Worship
an article on how to lead a worship service translated into Korean
November 14, 2014
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1 min read
Kathy Hanson on Youth Delivering Homilies
Usually teachers give the homily during daily worship at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey. When the school asked every eighth grader to give a homily, the results surprised and blessed the whole community.
November 7, 2014
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4 min read
What Makes All Ages Delight in the Psalms
The learning went both ways when two school communities decided to “dwell in the Psalms” for a year. Their Psalms-based creations revealed that the Spirit can work through kids and adults of any age to nourish faith.
November 7, 2014
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7 min read
Fasting: A cross-cultural perspective on the season of Lent
The Season of Lent brings to mind the historical practice of fasting, of “giving up” something in order to “take up” something else.
October 30, 2014
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2 min read
