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Archive for September, 2010

How to Plan Worship that Appeals to Many Generations

Posted by Joan Huyser-Honig

Many worship planners wonder how to plan intergenerational worship that engages people of different ages. One problem is that people often prefer the kind of worship they grew up with. Another problem is that most worshipers aren’t all that aware of what’s changed or stayed the same in 2,000 years of Christian worship. That’s why [...]

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New Film “Reparando” Explores Theology of the Cross

Posted by Joan Huyser-Honig

Once you start getting to know people who are suffering, you can’t help but wonder how to see God in their midst or how to explain Christ’s death on the cross as good news for them now. Joel Van Dyke, a missionary who works in Guatemala’s slums and prisons, helps urban missions graduate students flesh out [...]

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Which Language Shapes How You Worship?

Posted by Joan Huyser-Honig

Picture yourself alone in your car at a tollbooth in Mackinaw City, Michigan, gazing at the structure spanning the Mackinac Straits. Why does the German language see this span as  feminine (die Brücke), Spanish describe it as masculine (el puente), and English as gender neutral (bridge)? And why might someone else in the same location–say an Australian [...]

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Singing and Praying for Pakistani Flood Victims

Posted by Joan Huyser-Honig

Twenty million people. That’s  how many people live in Australia. It’s also how many Pakistanis became displaced when torrential monsoons unleashed the Indus River beyond its banks along the nation’s entire length. The mind shudders to comprehend the magnitude of help needed. Rather than resolve to not think about all those homeless hungry people, you can bring your distress [...]

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