Rebecca Snippe on Zeteosearch.org
Preachers, worship leaders, teachers, and others who study the Bible often go online to find resources for their research. Sorting through search results is often frustrating. But Zeteosearch.org—a revamped curated search engine—offers thought-provoking results.
October 1, 2026
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3 min read
Monica Schaap Pierce on Appreciating Other Christian Traditions
The Holy Spirit has gifted different Christian traditions with unique songs, rituals, stories, and practices. Monica Schaap Pierce, executive director of Christian Churches Together, explains how to learn from and welcome gifts from other church families. You can use these ideas at church and at home.
October 1, 2026
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7 min read
A Prayer for Those Living and Working in Urban and Rural Areas
Weekly worship prepares congregations for the work of the week ahead in many different jobs and places. We all carry different burdens throughout the week and are given different tasks. This series of prayers written by Calvin University faculty and staff for people working in various professions can be adapted to fit the different occupations present in your congregation. As a Christian liberal arts institution, Calvin University prepares students not only for their different fields of calling, but to live as agents of renewal and citizens of God’s kingdom in their everyday work and living.
September 22, 2026
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2 min read
Trauma-Informed Worship: A Priestly Act
Every person who enters Christian worship brings more than a body into the room. We bring our histories, relationships, memories, fears, wounds, hopes, and expectations. For some worshipers, those histories include trauma.
September 21, 2026
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17 min read
La autoridad de Jesús cuestionada y confirmada
Este mes nos encontramos con la confrontación final de Jesús con los líderes religiosos de Israel. Estos comienzan cuestionando la autoridad de Jesús (21:23-27) y él les responde con tres parábolas: los dos hijos (21:28-32), los labradores malvados (21:33-46) y el banquete de bodas (22:1-14). En ellas, Jesús describe a la nación y su liderazgo como rebeldes que no han respondido al llamado de Dios. Los líderes, a su vez, le envían tres grupos con preguntas capciosas con la intención de hacerlo caer en su trampa, desprestigiarlo e incluso incriminarlo ante Roma: los fariseos (22:15-22), los saduceos (22:23-33) y un experto de la ley (22:34-40). Una vez que los ha callado, Jesús responde a la pregunta original y deja ver con claridad su autoridad divina (22:41-46).
September 18, 2026
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19 min read
Advent: Come, Be Our Light
In Advent we anticipate the coming light of Christ, symbolized by using candles and contrasting light and darkness.
September 16, 2026
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2 min read
Holy History: Psalm 106
All 150 of the psalms have in common their nature as poetry and songs. Yet from psalm to psalm there are distinct themes, including thanksgiving, praise, lament, and confession.
September 16, 2026
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2 min read
Doubt: Psalm 73
Doubt can surface in big ways, and it’s something we believers don’t often like to admit. We often have questions about faith, injustice in the world, or why following God sometimes feels harder than ignoring God. In Psalm 73, Asaph is wrestling with doubt: “But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked” (vv. 2–3, NIV).
September 16, 2026
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2 min read
Life: Psalm 63
As worship leaders, we sometimes feel as if we should only focus on spiritual needs, such as praying for deeper faith, stronger character, and evangelistic opportunities. But God cares about our whole lives, not just our souls. Dietrich Bonhoeffer points out that the psalms are full of prayers for health, peace, and daily needs. That’s not selfish. It’s honest. It’s recognizing that God is with us in the everyday.
September 16, 2026
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2 min read
Praise: Psalm 150
Think back to the last time you couldn’t help but praise something. Maybe it was a jaw-dropping catch in a baseball game, a teacher who made a tough topic click, or a sunset that stopped you in your tracks. You probably responded instinctively—with a cheer, a compliment, a text, a smile. Praise flows naturally when we encounter something good or beautiful.
September 16, 2026
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2 min read
Salvation: Psalm 103
Salvation is one of those words so common among Christians that it can sometimes become trivialized. Being “saved” can sometimes become a label of what social group we belong to rather than a testimony of God’s gracious and powerful rescue of our souls. Retaining the full significance of the word salvation requires remembering the gravity of the situation we are in—the danger from which God rescues us.
September 16, 2026
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4 min read
Fear: Psalm 23
Aging is something we typically associate with older folks in our lives. But in reality, we all are aging every single day. I first started to note this in my own life the summer before I started college. I felt a deep sense of loss entangled in this phenomenon called “growing up”—the loss of having dinner with my family every night, the loss of knowing what was going on in my siblings’ lives 24/7, the loss of watching movies together in the evenings. Looking back, it wasn’t so much the losses themselves that were painful to me. It was the fear of losses I knew were coming.
September 16, 2026
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2 min read
