Pablo Jiménez on Reenergizing Preaching
One way to keep sermons fresh is to ditch the deductive form, in which preachers begin with their main point and then work to prove it.
January 8, 2015
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2 min read
Jerry Sittser on Growing through Adversity and Spiritual Practices
You probably gather for worship with both lifelong worshipers and those new to the Bible. Jerry Sittser mines the history of Christian spirituality for nuggets that give life to all levels of worshipers.
January 6, 2015
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2 min read
If They Don't Change After Worship, Then They Just Came To Do Cardio
From his native Guatemala, Pastor Jorge Fuentes came and established himself in the United States. For 18 years, he has been the pastor at the Church of Christ Elim Central in Los Angeles, a numerous and prosperous congregation in Southern California.
December 22, 2014
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16 min read
Steve Prince on Visual Art and Justice
Jesus calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves. What does that mean for conversations about injustices, including racism, both in the U.S. and around the world. Steve Prince creates visual art that can help us start talking.
December 12, 2014
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2 min read
How Visual Arts Move Us from Brokenness to Beauty
Visual artists can help us start talking about major life issues that we don’t often acknowledge in worship.
December 12, 2014
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6 min read
The Church has become a Wailing Wall
Pastor Javier Buelna: It is addiction to emotions that creates no change.
December 8, 2014
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19 min read
Graham Kendrick on Leading Worship
You’ve probably sung his “Shine, Jesus, Shine” and “Knowing You.” But his worship leading has changed since he wrote those songs.
December 2, 2014
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2 min read
Catherine Gunsalus González on Ancient Resources for Today’s Worship
As in the second century, people come to churches today not knowing much about Christianity. Discoveries about early church worship can help Protestants and Catholics disciple newcomers.
November 26, 2014
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2 min read
Brokenness Is an Important Element in Worship
The Rev. Hugo Molano and his wife Nubia founded Salem International Ministries in their native Columbia in 1979. They continued expanding their work with the planting of new churches in Venezuela, Peru, and Mexico, until reaching the United States about 27 years ago.
November 20, 2014
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18 min read
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
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
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
