Preparing Our Preaching Pedagogies for the Year 2030
In this paper, Jared Alcántara proposes a twenty-first century preaching pedagogy that he describes as “a turn toward improvisational teaching that is technologically innovative, intentionally collaborative, and strategically diverse.”
Service of Lament
A worship service from the Vital Worship Grants Event 2020 called a "Service of Lament."
Rest Under The Shelter of God's Arms
A worship service from the Vital Worship Grants Event 2020 called "Rest Under the Shelter of God's Arms."
In the Lord I'll Be Ever Thankful
Virtual choir with members of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Staff. Recorded for the 2020 Vital Worship Grants Event.
Growing in God
An introduction to the Vital Worship Grants Event 2020 and a worship service called "Growing in God."
3 Songs of Blessings / 3 Cantos de Bendición
Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs of blessing, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"
Continuing to Follow by Faith
A worship service from the Vital Worship Grants Event 2020 called "Continuing to Follow by Faith."
Worship Behind Bars: How Liturgical Practices Can Change a Prison
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
Deep Calls to Deep: Nurturing Preachers for the Work of Proclamation
Deep Calls to Deep is a program to strengthen preaching by using communities of peer groups to nurture pastors’ own spiritual, emotional, physical, and imaginative lives. In this paper, Ruthanna Hooke discusses the structure and themes of Deep Calls to Deep, a peer group learning program rooted in the conviction that preaching is soul-work.
Advocating for Justice that Restores: An Interview
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
A Conversation with Uzee Brown of Morehouse College
Listen to this March 11, 2020, conversation between Uzee Brown, Jr., legendary composer and educator, and John D. Witvliet, held during a visit to Calvin University.
Music at Morehouse: Cultural Healing and Prophetic Witness
A conversation on formation, music, witness, and healing