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Psalm 13: The Joyful Song of Salvation 救恩的樂歌

This Cantonese setting of Psalm 13 was written and submitted by Yvette Lau - music arranger: Jim Ling; singer: Joanne Fung; choreographer: Eric Lau; dancer: Cat Lau - and focuses on praying to God with both lament and trust.

December 17, 2020 | 4 min video
Psalm 117: Praise the Lord, All Nations

This is a word-for-word musical setting of Psalm 117 - NASB - written by Mary Rose Jensen. Included are an MP3 with vocalist Debby McElroy and a PDF from the songbook “Songs of Joy.” Text from the New American Standard Bible used with permission from The Lockman Foundation.

December 17, 2020 | 1 min video
Psalm 124: Nuestra ayuda / Our Help

Breve canción de Gerardo Oberman basada en un verso del Salmo 124, utilizado al inicio de los cultos en la tradición reformada. / This setting of Psalm 124 was submitted by Gerardo Oberman and is based on a verse from Psalm 124 used at the beginning of the worship services in the Reformed tradition.

December 17, 2020

Psalm 104: Meditation No.1: Sustenance and Praise

This setting of Psalm 104 for solo piano was written and submitted by Heather Niemi Savage.

December 16, 2020 | 3 min video
Psalm 1: The Choice of Blessings 有福的選擇

This setting of Psalm 1 in Cantonese was submitted by Yvette Lau, is written by Yvette Lau -- music arranger: Jim Ling; singer: Wong Wa Sang; sand artist: Edith Wu -- and focuses on the choice of blessings to meditate on God’s Word day and night.

December 16, 2020 | 3 min video
A Virtual Worship Experience with the Calvin University Gospel Choir

Calvin University Gospel Choir, led by Nate Glasper, for a virtual worship experience.

December 8, 2020 | 1 min read

3 Christmas Songs / 3 Cantos de Navidad

Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Christmas, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

December 7, 2020 | 2 min video
Mimi L. Larson on Engaging Children in Worship

As full image-bearers of God, children can and do have authentic experiences of worship. God interacts with and wants to be in relationship with them. Mimi L. Larson is researching how faith development styles and church theology influence children’s faith formation.

December 3, 2020 | 9 min read
Matthew Kaemingk and Cory B. Willson on Work and Worship

Many of us feel guilty for thinking about work during gathered worship. We don’t see a connection between what we do in worship and what we do at work. But a new book on work and worship describes biblical worship practices that help workers reclaim their place in the priesthood of all believers.

December 3, 2020 | 10 min read

Romans 8 and the Renewed Life of God 

We have been and are living in a time of upheaval, fear, unrest, and finally so much death. The pandemic has in many places revealed cracks in the veneer of civilization, casting into bold relief the social and economic inequities that run like fault lines through most societies. Racially motivated violence, including at the hands of police forces, have unleashed deep desires for reform and for justice for all people. In and through it all, believers everywhere cry for reassurance, for comfort, for a hope that points to a better path ahead.  

December 3, 2020 | 1 min read
Teacher-Scholars awarded Vital Worship Grants for 2021 by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship  

The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship announced today that it will fund 17 grants to Teacher-Scholars for 2021-2022 as part of its Vital Worship Grants Program.     

December 1, 2020 | 2 min read
Online Discipleship and Mindfulness

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted opportunities to learn together in the same physical space. But Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary offer short online courses for lifelong learners to engage topics such as embodied discipleship and mindfulness in a world gone virtual.

November 9, 2020 | 5 min read