Teaching

Enacted Word: Using Theater to Present Scripture

Learn a variety of techniques from theater and oral interpretation that can be used to proclaim Biblical texts.

January 27, 2012
Congregational and Ministry Studies: How any Academic Major Can Bless the Church

Calvin College’s new Congregational and Ministry Studies department helps students explore how their gifts and interests intersect with the work of the church in serving God’s kingdom.

August 9, 2011


Meeting the Holy Spirit through Preaching and the Arts

Learn how one congregation used sermons and group creativity to help all ages become alive to the Spirit and more fully celebrate Pentecost.

May 5, 2011
Theological Reflection a Key to Worship Renewal

Asking good questions helps congregations move worship forward. They move from the language of preference to the language of full, active, conscious participation in worship.

April 15, 2011
Lead Worship Renewal by Conversational Example

“Worship leaders have a responsibility to teach by conversational example so that they move people beyond likes and preferences,” says Joyce Ann Zimmerman, who founded the Institute for Liturgical Ministry to help form ministers in the liturgical life of the Roman Catholic Church.

April 15, 2011

Trinitarian Worship

One of the remarkable features of Christian theology in recent years is the resurgence of interest in the doctrine of the Trinity.

February 24, 2011
An Open and Discerning Approach to Culture

How does worship relate to culture? How is worship in culture, but not of it? This video and accompanying Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture explore four central principles for an open and discerning approach to culture.

February 24, 2011