Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category
A Video Welcome from John Witvliet
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Welcome to Symposium from John Witvliet
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Singing and Praying for Pakistani Flood Victims
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
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 [...]
Tags: Christians in Pakistan, hymns, learning, Pakistan Flood 2010, psalms, suffering, world
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Is Suffering an Essential Part of Christian Discipleship?
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Suffering for Christ is the main Lausanne Conversation topic for August 2010. In “To Serve Is to Suffer,” Ajith Fernando explores the paradox that measuring ministry by efficiency, numerical results, and a sense of fulfillment can make a church “ineffective in evangelism.” Fernando has been national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976. The [...]
Tags: HolySpirit, spiritualformation, suffering, theology, world
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RNS on Churches using shuttered stores
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Religion News Service: At Prime Outlets in Huntley, Ill., a former Mikasa fine china store will soon become the home of Christian Life Church. “This provided an opportunity, from moving from being kind of a homeless church, if you will, to find a home,” said Pastor Daryl Merrill, whose church had been renting space [...]
Tags: buildings, congregations, economy, News
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Five upcoming webinars on 'Congregations and the Economic Crisis Conversation, Perspective, Guidance' from the Alban Institute
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Alban: We have all felt the effects of the economic downturn in our personal and organizational lives. Individuals and organizations of all sorts are wondering what this crisis means in terms of the resources available to accomplish their missions. Congregations and religious organizations are not immune to the forces at work during economic tough [...]
Tags: alban, congregations, economy, learning, upcoming, webinars
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Theolog on 'Preaching ethics in the recession'
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Theolog: What is there to say to an economically stressed congregation these days? Here’s my answer: begin with biblical basics, and refuse to be intimidated by the complexities of the recession. continued…
Tags: ccent, economy, ethics, theology
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PTSD is not only a military problem
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
From Newsweek magazine, dated Apr 20, 2009: Pastors in Pain: The Columbine shootings claimed more than just 13 lives. Pastor Don Marxhausen left his job after performing Dylan Klebold’s funeral; Pastor George Kirsten was later diagnosed with PTSD. While worship resources related to PTSD on the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship website focus on enabling [...]
Tags: healing, News, ptsd, suffering, veterans
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Report on Festival of Faith and Music at Calvin College
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
The Calvin College Student Activities Office hosted a tremendous event here at Calvin last weekend, the Festival of Faith and Music 2009. That website will eventually have some audio files from the conference, and I hope to post a brief Q&A with two of the conference organizers, my friends Rob and Kirstin, in the next [...]
Tags: calvincollege, culture, learning, music, reflection, reports
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