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The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop, Youth Culture, and the Gospel in Kenya

This workshop explored some of the ways youth express and understand their Christian faith and how it relates to the contemporary social, economic, and political realities facing their generation in Kenya today.

February 18, 2014

Learning from and Praying for the Worldwide Church

How can a congregation in one part of the world best pray for our neighbors around the world? Listen and learn, with resources from and for different parts of the Church, including stories from natives of different countries and cultures.

February 17, 2014

Engaging Culture, Enriching Worship

This short video outlines the four main themes of the Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture developed by the Lutheran World Federation. The video also touches on three meanings of the term "worship."

September 9, 2013
Gerardo Marti on Emerging Churches and Religious Individualism

Gerardo Marti, professor of sociology at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, is fascinated by diversity and innovation as aspects of how the world is changing and how that affects churches today.

August 8, 2013
Denise Weyhrich on Trust, Churches, and How Installation Art Can Minister

Denise Kufus Weyhrich and Cindi Zech Rhodes founded SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits to create conversations between artists and viewers. They know from experience that churches and artists, whether Christian or not, don’t always trust each other.

February 20, 2013

Denise Weyhrich on Creating her “Beacon” Installation Art

“Beacon” is a large, lighted installation of 99 salt shakers illuminated in a sea of rock salt. Weyhrich gave the following interview in November 2012 while installing her work in the library lobby.

February 20, 2013
Rethinking Christian Community: Moving Beyond our Ideals and Disappointments

Plenary address by Christine Pohl presented at the 2013 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

February 19, 2013
Artists in Conversation

In this workshop, art by well-known Chinese Christian artist He Qi, and other artists, was viewed and discussed with him, especially with special attention to the use of visual images in worship.

February 19, 2013