Christian Year

Coop's Column - The Lord's Example, the Teacher's Command

Maundy Thursday. The name comes from the Latin, novum mandatum or “new commandment” and recalls the event of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet.

March 25, 2013
Coop's Column - Royally Welcomed

It’s Passover festival in Jerusalem, the holiest season in the Jewish year. Thousands upon thousands of Jewish pilgrims have been travelling toward the Holy City to remember and celebrate God’s rescue of his people from long and heavy bondage in Egypt. As Jesus enters Jerusalem riding upon that lowly donkey, the mood of the thronging multitude turns deliriously jubilant. The people walk beside him as he rides, and laud him loudly as “King of the Jews.”

March 21, 2013
Integrating the Ascension into Teaching and Scholarship

Breakout session by Laura Smit from With a Shout, a day-long conference held in 2006 exploring the meaning of the Ascension culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC.

March 20, 2013 | 1 min listen

A Face Like This One: The Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension

First plenary address from a conference on the meaning of the Ascension.

March 20, 2013 | 1 min listen
The Ascension in the Mission, Worship and Education of the Church

Breakout session by Gerrit Scott Dawson from With a Shout, a day-long conference held in 2006 exploring the meaning of the Ascension culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC.

March 20, 2013 | 1 min listen
Investing in a Field of Flesh

Sermon by Scott Dawson from the community-wide worship from With a Shout, a day-long conference held in 2006 exploring the meaning of the Ascension culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC.

March 20, 2013 | 1 min listen

Ascension, Adoption, and Homecoming

Second plenary by Tom Boogaart from With a Shout, a day-long conference held in 2006 exploring the meaning of the Ascension culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC.

March 20, 2013 | 1 min read
With a Shout: What Difference Does the Ascension Make for Everyday Life?

This day-long conference in 2006 explored the meaning of the Ascension through worship, seminars and culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC.

March 20, 2013 | 1 min read
Songs for Ascension: Looking Beyond Your Hymnal

Breakout session by Greg Scheer from With a Shout, a day-long conference held in 2006 exploring the meaning of the Ascension culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC.

March 20, 2013 | 9 min read

The Meaning of Ascension for Christian Scholars

Third Plenary by Stephen Davis from With a Shout, a day-long conference held in 2006 exploring the meaning of the Ascension culminated in a community worship service at Woodlawn CRC.

March 20, 2013 | 1 min listen
Coop's Column - A Beautiful Gesture, A Fragrant Gift

In these Lenten meditations we have been paying a visit each week to a place where Jesus stopped as he with the disciples made his final journey toward Jerusalem. Our aim in doing this is to be attentive to our Savior as he makes his way toward his God-appointed destiny with suffering and death on the Cross for us. As his church, the Body he so much loves, we want to be present to him in his sufferings, and to show our love for him. We long to be close to Christ, for we cannot get enough of his presence.

March 19, 2013