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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Five services of lessons and carols that sing about how we wait patiently for God, the healer of our every ill.
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.
A discussion of the relationship between worship and theology in the early church, and what this means for us today.
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.
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.
In this episode, Célestin Musekura talks about the humanizing and justice-focused work of forgiveness, for individuals, communities and Christian worship.
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.
This service takes place in Brazil and is led by worship leaders from many different congregations and denominations.
