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All Contributors
We are grateful to welcome more than 90 contributors who add their wisdom and insights to this online experience.
Livestream Sessions (40 total)
Worship service broadcasts (approximately 60 minutes in length) and 60-minute webinars premiere on the weekday time listed, and then become accessible as archived videos. Add your insights and wisdom through the chat feature (during livestream) and web page comments (archived video).
What Is the Color of Compromise?
Stob Lecture Series Featuring Jemar Tisby
Worship with James Abbington, Joyce Johnson, Lisa Weaver, and friends in Atlanta, Georgia
Worship with the Global Church and Najla Kassab from Beirut, Lebanon
Leading Beyond the Blizzard
Worship with Singapore Bible College in Singapore
Prayer with the Staff of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Worship with Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey
Worship with Dordt University, in Sioux Center, Iowa
Embracing Uncertainty: A Session for Seminarians and Graduate Students
For High Schoolers: Reimagining Worship at School & Church Post COVID-19
Why Church? A Session for College and University Students
Forgiveness and the Worship and Witness of the Church
Worship with the Church in Brazil
All Creation Groans: An Interview with Katharine Hayhoe
Worship from Around the World on Romans 8
Worship 101
Preaching Romans in Difficult Times
Worship with Duke University Chapel in Durham, North Carolina
Concluded Sessions
Universal Design, Public Worship, and the Christian Life
Opening Worship from Around the World
Worship with Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Theology behind Early Christian Worship
Worship with Proskuneo in Clarkston, Georgia
Worship at Holy Trinity Rathmines Church in Dublin, Ireland
11am: Hope for America’s Most Segregated Hour
Worship with Seminario Internacional Teológico Bautista in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Worship with Sandra McCracken in Nashville, Tennessee
Faithful Anti-Racism and the Christian Life
Embracing Uncertainty: A Session for Seminarians and Graduate Students
For High Schoolers: Reimagining Worship at School and Church Post COVID-19
Why Church? A Session for College and University Students
Worship with Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California
Worship with Tony Alonso and Friends Around the World
Forming New Worshiping Communities: Church Planting in the 21st Century
Worship with Anabas Ministry in Hong Kong
Worship with Heliopolis Evangelical Church in Cairo, Egypt
A Fresh Look at Designing Worship for Workers
What We are Learning about the Church from Calvin University Students
Worship with Baylor University in Waco, Texas
On-Demand Content and Crowd-Sourced Wisdom
On-demand content allows you to access material at your own pace and time. We warmly encourage you to engage the content by posting your insights and wisdom on the content pages using the Facebook comments plug-in, and to read and reflect on the responses posted by others. We look forward to being a global learning community.
Public Worship and the Christian Life podcast (14 total)
- Brian K. Blount on Preaching Resurrection from an Apocalyptic Perspective
- Carla Zastrow on Seventh Graders and the Psalms During COVID-19
- Catherine Gunsalus González on Resources in the Ancient Church for Today's Worship
- Célestin Musekura on Forgiving as We Have Been Forgiven
- David L. Stubbs on the Multiplicity of Meanings of the Eucharist
- David M. Bailey on Righteous Anger in the Psalms
- Deanna A. Thompson on the Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World
- Fleming Rutledge on Preaching the Cross of Christ
- Glenn Packiam on Exploring Christian Hope in Contemporary Worship
- Juana Bordas on Leadership for a Multicultural Age
- Justo González on the Mestizo Character of the Christian Life
- Khristi Lauren Adams on Parable of the Brown Girl
- Rich Villodas on the Deeply Formed Life
- Vince Bantu on Celebrating Christianity's Global Identity
Global Psalm Gallery (34 total)
A crowd-sourced collection of Psalm interpretations in different artistic forms from worshiping communities across the spectrum of Christian traditions
- Psalm 1: The Choice of Blessings 有福的選擇
- Psalm 8: Oh Lord, Our Lord, How Majestic
- Psalm 8:5–8 and 22:10: Whale Song
- Psalm 9 (and others): God’s Grand Story and the Communion Cross
- Psalm 9: Trust in You
- Psalm 13: How long?
- Psalm 13: The Joyful Song of Salvation 救恩的樂歌
- Psalm 18: Mi salvador / My Savior
- Psalm 18: Zaboor 18
- Psalm 19: For Baritone and Piano
- Psalm 22: From Forsaken to Hallelujah
- Psalm 23: Shepherd Me
- Psalm 25: Good and Upright
- Psalm 36: The Light of Grace
- Psalm 37: Acrostic
- Psalm 42 - 43: Hope in God
- Psalm 51: Have Mercy, Lord
- Psalm 51: Mercy, Lord
- Psalm 57: Awake Up, My Glory
- Psalm 71: I Will Always Have Hope
- Psalm 85: Grant Us Your Peace, Lord
- Psalm 89:1–18: Bless the Lord Forever, Amen
- Psalm 90:1 –2: From Everlasting to Everlasting
- Psalm 95: Vengan, cantemos al Señor / Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord
- Psalm 104: Meditation No.1: Sustenance and Praise
- Psalm 117: Praise the Lord, All Nations
- Psalm 117: Praise the Lord, All You Nations
- Psalm 124: Nuestra ayuda / Our Help
- Psalm 131: Be Quiet, My Soul
- Psalm 137: So Far from Home
- Psalm 145: Mighty Are You, Lord
- Psalm 146: A Setting for Organ
- Psalm 148: Let All the Heavens
- Psalm 148: Praise the LORD
- Psalm 150: Psalm 150 for Unaccompanied Flute
Panel Discussion Videos (9 total)
- Deeply Formed Ministry
- Forgiving as We’ve Been Forgiven
- Healthy Leadership in Anxious Times
- Learning about Worship from the Ancient Church
- Multiple Pathways for Youth
- Preaching and Singing the Resurrection
- Singing the Psalms of Hope in a Covid-Shaped World
- The Absent Congregation: Reflections on Preaching in a COVID World
- Virtual Worship
Expert-Guided Discussion Boards (3 total)
- Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Worshiping Communities
- Drawing from the Deep and Wide Waters of Christian History
- Pastoral Care and Self-Care: Lessons from 2020
Chapter Downloads and Guided Discussion (5 total)
- Singing the Congregation: How Contemporary Worship Music Forms Evangelical Community
- Stilling the Storm: Worship and Congregational Leadership in Difficult Times
- Table and Temple: The Christian Eucharist and Its Jewish Roots
- Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy
- Worship and the World to Come: Exploring Christian Hope in Contemporary Worship