Emerging Adults, Emerging Worship
We are currently observing a new phenomenon within the development of young adults: emerging adulthood, which spans the ages of 18 to 29, marked by unprecedented options for education, work and career choices, delayed marriage and family life, and remarkable geographic mobility.
Psalms for All Seasons: A Festival of Singing
An evening celebrating the release of this major collection that holds promise to bring the psalms into the heart of worship.
My Life and the Soundtrack of Hymns
Hymns have been woven into our lives with layers of significance. Hear the stories behind the hymns that were written, why hymns still matter today, and how they have shaped my own story. This session was a combination of discussion, performance and singing together.
Enacted Word: Using Theater to Present Scripture
Learn a variety of techniques from theater and oral interpretation that can be used to proclaim Biblical texts.
Praying the Psalms: Personal, Pastoral, Theological and Liturgical Reflections
A plenary address presented by N.T. Wright at the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship.
Worshiping in a Multicultural Environment
A multicultural, multilingual congregation is one that reflects the diversity of God’s kingdom, but also the complexities of life together this side of eternity. Having a way of understanding and interpreting the differences among us makes it possible to anticipate the worship described in the Revelation vision.
The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice
Worship and justice are often seen as separate and unrelated. Nothing could be further from the truth based on the character of God and the revelation we have been given in Jesus Christ.
Developing Vertical Habits
Recipients of Worship Renewal Grants describe practical resources that helped people of all ages better understand why we do what we do in worship.
The Strange Silence of Songs of Justice in Contemporary Biblical Worship
The word justice is never far hidden in the vocabulary of the psalmists. Over half the psalms specifically use the word. But in worship today, particularly in the Western church, the word is suspect and politicised.
What College Students Have Taught Me About Preaching
They are the emerging leaders in our congregations. They are only a few years away from serving as deacons, elders, or preachers themselves. What are they listening for in sermons? What are they hungry for? What bores them?
Using Re-tuned Hymns in Worship
Mike Cosper and Kevin Twit discuss using old hymn texts set to new music and how to nurture a “hymn movement,” including such issues as finding texts, songwriting, copyright issues, as well as working with artists, and recording and distributing music.
Worship Service: Psalm 13
This service of Psalm 13, How Long?, was part of the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2012.