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Emerging research on youth formation and worship

A panel of teacher-scholars with research projects focused on youth and formation share the fruits of their research, with a special focus on the implications of their research for worshiping communities.

July 20, 2021 | 69 min video
Everyday Faith: Possibilities, Limits, and Callings, with special guest Christina Edmondson

How does Christian faith relate to anti-racism efforts? What does faithful anti-racism work look like in today’s world? Watch as Dr. Christina Edmondson shares insights from her work with the online “Faithful Anti-Racism” courses and cohorts she teaches and leads in collaboration with CICW. Hear some of the core principles she teaches and some of the lessons participants have learned. Dr. Edmondson is interviewed by Noel Snyder, program manager at CICW.

July 9, 2021 | 62 min video
Everyday Faith: Possibilities, Limits, and Callings, with special guest Danjuma Gibson (Part 1)

What does life look like through the eyes of some of the “Titans” of African American history, such as Frederick Douglass, Fanny Lou Hamer, and Martin Luther King, Jr? Watch as Danjuma Gibson of Calvin Theological Seminary shares insights from his research into the qualities, dispositions, and decisions that led these ordinary people to live such extraordinary lives. Professor Gibson is interviewed by Noel Snyder, program manager at CICW.

June 18, 2021 | 59 min video

Cultivating an Ecclesiological Understanding: An Interview with C. Michael Hawn led by John Witvliet

An interview on the occasion of Michael Hawn's retirement from the Vital Worship Grants Board in May 2021.

June 16, 2021 | 57 min video
Cornelius Plantinga on Developing Habits of Prayer

How does prayer form us? How do we go deeper in prayer? What is the value of using another person’s written prayers in our own prayer lives? Watch as Cornelius Plantinga and Noel Snyder discuss these topics and many more, celebrating the release of Plantinga’s book, "Morning and Evening Prayers."

May 28, 2021 | 61 min video
3 Songs of the Resurrection from Latin America / 3 Cantos Latinoamericanos de Resurrección

Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Easter, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

March 31, 2021 | 2 min video

3 Songs for Holy Week / 3 Cantos para Semana Santa

Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Lent, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

March 4, 2021 | 3 min video
Three Songs for Lent / Tres cantos de Cuaresma

Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Lent, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

February 12, 2021 | 3 min video
2018 JJ Thiessen Lecture #1 - Prayers of the People and a Cruciform Pastoral Imagination

Violence, Injustice, Trauma, and the Ordinary Practices of Christian Worship in a Social Media Age, a 3-part lecture series with Dr. John Witvliet

February 11, 2021 | 1 min video

2018 JJ Thiessen Lecture #3 - Discipling Emotion, Singing at the Table, and Mutual Accountability

Violence, Injustice, Trauma, and the Ordinary Practices of Christian Worship in a Social Media Age, a 3-part lecture series with Dr. John Witvliet

February 11, 2021 | 1 min video
2018 JJ Thiessen Lecture #2 - Praise Beyond Cliché and Other Practices of Transfigured Cruciform Engagement

Violence, Injustice, Trauma, and the Ordinary Practices of Christian Worship in a Social Media Age, a 3-part lecture series with Dr. John Witvliet

February 11, 2021 | 1 min video
Neither Death, Nor Life

The virtual choir from Worship Symposium 2021 singing Marty Haugen's "Neither Death, Nor Life" in English, Korean, Cantonese, Spanish, and Indonesian.

January 27, 2021 | 6 min video