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More Than Technique: All worship planners and leaders have a pastoral calling

We need a perspective, a way of conceptualizing our role as worship leaders that will sustain us in our day-to-day work in our congregations.

November 17, 2014 | 12 min read

Raymond Wise's Advice for Aspiring Church Musicians

Raymond Wise encourages young, aspiring church musicians to remember the four Ds: Discover, Develop, Display, and Draw.

November 7, 2014 | 1 min video
What Makes All Ages Delight in the Psalms

The learning went both ways when two school communities decided to “dwell in the Psalms” for a year. Their Psalms-based creations revealed that the Spirit can work through kids and adults of any age to nourish faith.

November 7, 2014 | 7 min read

Kathy Hanson on Youth Delivering Homilies

Usually teachers give the homily during daily worship at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey. When the school asked every eighth grader to give a homily, the results surprised and blessed the whole community.

November 7, 2014 | 4 min read

People of the Book: Showing Respect for the Bible

Many cultural practices in North America astonish non-Western worshipers. One of the most striking is how the Bible is handled.

October 30, 2014 | 3 min read
Fasting: A cross-cultural perspective on the season of Lent

The Season of Lent brings to mind the historical practice of fasting, of “giving up” something in order to “take up” something else.

October 30, 2014 | 2 min read