Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Thoughts on Preaching and the Teaching of Preaching
Looking at today’s North American cultural climate, Alyce McKenzie reflects on what it’s time to let go of in preaching and in the teaching of preaching—and what it’s time to grab hold of.
November 9, 2020
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14 min read
How to Learn Well in Online Courses: An Invitation to Conversation
Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary offer short-term online courses for lifelong learners. Besides engaging content to address key ministry challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the courses invite students and instructors into a culture of curiosity where they can learn from each other.
November 9, 2020
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9 min read
Fleming Rutledge on Preaching the Cross of Christ
In this episode, Fleming Rutledge talks about her 2015 book "The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ," a life-long work which encourages preachers to proclaim the full gospel message: God is at work, helping us listen for Christ's living voice, enabling us to believe and hope in the midst of pain and suffering.
November 4, 2020
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36 min listen
Healer of Our Every Ill 2020
Five services of lessons and carols that sing about how we wait patiently for God, the healer of our every ill.
November 4, 2020
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14 min read
Khristi Lauren Adams on Parable of the Brown Girl
In this episode, chaplain and youth advocate Khristi Lauren Adams talks about her new book "Parable of the Brown Girl" and how we all can encourage and empower the sacred lives of girls of color.
November 4, 2020
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23 min listen
Prayer with the Staff of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
This service features scripture readings, hymns and prayers drawn from historic morning prayer liturgies, without music or other artistic elaboration. Complementing other Symposium services that are more complex, today we practice an intentionally simple form of common prayer, grateful to be united in prayer with people around the world on a day of historic, cultural and political importance here in the United States.
November 3, 2020
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16 min video
Worship with the Global Church and Najla Kassab from Beirut, Lebanon
This service uses gifts of leaders from around the world and includes a sermon preached from Beirut, Lebanon. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:18-25.
November 3, 2020
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62 min video
The Theology behind Early Christian Worship
A discussion of the relationship between worship and theology in the early church, and what this means for us today.
November 3, 2020
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59 min video
Worship from Around the World on Romans 8
This service uses the gifts of worship leaders from around the world. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8 and includes the Calvin Symposium on Worship virtual choir.
November 3, 2020
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40 min video
Juana Bordas on Leadership for a Multicultural Age
In this episode, Juana Bordas talks about the power of leadership when each person, culture and community can contribute equally and show respect for all, and how leaders who embrace gratitude and forgiveness offer their communities hope for the future.
November 3, 2020
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47 min listen
Célestin Musekura on Forgiving as We Have Been Forgiven
In this episode, Célestin Musekura talks about the humanizing and justice-focused work of forgiveness, for individuals, communities and Christian worship.
November 3, 2020
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35 min listen
Rich Villodas on the Deeply Formed Life
In this episode, Rich Villodas, lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a multiracial church in one of the most diverse zip codes in the US--Queens, New York--talks about what it means to be deeply formed in Christ.
November 3, 2020
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34 min listen
