Five Tips for Worship that Welcomes People with Mental Illnesses
Kris Moore, Cheryl Shea, and others offer advice on paying attention to logistics and blessings so all experience God’s grace in worship.
June 13, 2011
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2 min read
Surprise! Screens Can Build Community
An article about using screens to build community
Meeting the Holy Spirit through Preaching and the Arts
Learn how one congregation used sermons and group creativity to help all ages become alive to the Spirit and more fully celebrate Pentecost.
Lead Worship Renewal by Conversational Example
“Worship leaders have a responsibility to teach by conversational example so that they move people beyond likes and preferences,” says Joyce Ann Zimmerman, who founded the Institute for Liturgical Ministry to help form ministers in the liturgical life of the Roman Catholic Church.
April 15, 2011
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2 min read
Theological Reflection a Key to Worship Renewal
Asking good questions helps congregations move worship forward. They move from the language of preference to the language of full, active, conscious participation in worship.
April 15, 2011
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6 min read
Swee Hong Lim on Asian Christian Worship Practices
Conversation with Swee Hong Lim on Asian Christian worship practices
April 14, 2011
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3 min read
Carrie Steenwyk on Fourth Century Christian Worship
Conversation with Carrie Steenwyk on Fourth Century Christian worship
April 7, 2011
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3 min read
Teaching Worship in Multi-site Churches
Whether you call them multi-site or satellites, more churches are launching new campuses. Going multi-site increases needs and opportunities for lay leadership, which spurs more evangelism. Intentionally studying worship helps multi-site congregations maintain unity in diversity.
March 29, 2011
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5 min read
Why Multisite Congregations are Growing Faster than Megachurches
Whether you call them multi-site or satellites, more churches are launching new campuses. Going multi-site increases needs and opportunities for lay leadership, which spurs more evangelism. Intentionally studying worship helps multi-site congregations maintain unity in diversity.
March 29, 2011
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2 min read
Peace that Passes Understanding: Communion and Intellectual Disability
It turns out that what helps churches include people with cognitive impairments in communion is good advice for everyone.
March 1, 2011
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10 min read
Hospitality as Paying Attention
Randy Smit sees all of life as a gift and the Lord’s Table as the “quintessential place for experiencing the hospitality of Christ. And so who’s at the table becomes pretty significant.” He suggests focusing less on “fencing the table,” more on opening it to children or others who may be left out.
February 7, 2011
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3 min read
How Communion Trains Us in God’s Hospitality
The more that you experience God’s grace through the sacraments and in ordinary life, the more attention you’ll pay to who’s not at the Lord’s Table.
February 7, 2011
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6 min read
