Upcoming Event
An application-based summer seminar directed by Mark Glanville.
June 22-26, 2026
Grand Rapids
,
Michigan
A Triune God and A Forever Church
First worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
December 10, 2012
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4 min read
Soul Repair, Moral Injury and a “Third Conversation”
Military leaders, pastors and health care professionals looking at dramatic increases in suicide rates among returning veterans of war have noted two critical things about recent wars involving the United States.
December 7, 2012
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4 min read
Guide for Worship Service Visit
This guide is structured to help you become more aware of the multiple levels of meaning in a worship service and to stimulate reflection on the relationship between theology, culture, and worship practices.
December 6, 2012
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1 min read
Coop's Column - A Thankful People
Because life is a sheer gift from God, one we never deserved. The appropriate response, therefore, is to do two things: to take delight in the gift, to revel in and to savor it; and then, in response to bless the Giver with lavish thanks.
November 19, 2012
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5 min read
Kathy Smith on Getting the Most from the Calvin Symposium on Worship
Kathy Smith is associate director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and manager of grant programs. She speaks at conferences, seminars, and churches around the world. In this edited conversation, she explains how to prepare for, experience, and benefit from the annual Calvin Symposium on Worship.
November 15, 2012
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4 min read
How to Make a You-Who-Do-To-Through Prayer
You-who-do-to-through prayers follow an ancient pattern for making a short prayer with a single theme. Worshipers speak the prayer together, collecting their voices into one.
November 15, 2012
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2 min read
James Abbington on Psalms for All Seasons
James Abbington discusses the new hymnal Psalms for All Seasons.
November 6, 2012
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1 min read
Tom Swieringa on Cooperating in Intercessory Prayer
Tom Swieringa co-leads Wyoming Kingdom Enterprise Zone, a church multiplication initiative by Reformed and Christian Reformed churches in Wyoming, Michigan. He has pastored and planted churches in Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota, and Texas. In this edited conversation, he talks about cooperating with God in intercessory prayer, during worship and beyond.
October 26, 2012
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5 min read
Gospel Choir as Spiritual Formation
“Starting a gospel choir has been huge for spiritual formation,” says David Bailey, music director at East End Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia. And it all started from a hug.
October 11, 2012
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1 min read
David Bailey on Multicultural Power Dynamics
Musician David M. Bailey is the music director at East End Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia. In this edited conversation, he talks about becoming aware of power dynamics in multicultural congregations and neighborhoods. He lives in Church Hill, a neighborhood hard hit by economic decline.
October 11, 2012
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4 min read
The Reconciling, Sanctifying, Energizing Power of Worship's Urban Beat
East End Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia, started an urban songwriting internship and a gospel choir to reflect its congregational values of incarnation and reconciliation.
October 11, 2012
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7 min read
Christian Worship Experiences for Persons with Dementia
Dementia frequently interferes with a person's ability to connect with and to benefit from regular religious activities and worship styles that had been meaningful in the past. Yet, persons with dementia continue to need to worship and experience a comforting, deep encounter with Christ.
September 27, 2012
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1 min read