Comments for Worship Weblog http://worshipweblog.com thoughts and links on worship and theology from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Finding family thousands of miles from home: reflections on going where God calls by Will Kelly http://worshipweblog.com/2011/11/finding-family-thousands-of-miles-from-home-reflections-on-going-where-god-calls/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Will Kelly Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:50:59 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=1222#comment-529 There is a big difference between permanently leaving somewhere that you don't want to leave and temporarily leaving. I would say that going across the country for your internship was a great move. It got you out of your comfort zone for a while, but had it not turned out to be a pleasant experience, you could take comfort in the fact that you would be going home at the end of it. There is a big difference between permanently leaving somewhere that you don’t want to leave and temporarily leaving. I would say that going across the country for your internship was a great move. It got you out of your comfort zone for a while, but had it not turned out to be a pleasant experience, you could take comfort in the fact that you would be going home at the end of it.

]]> Comment on Other Centers and Institutes at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary by Megan Meyers http://worshipweblog.com/2009/05/other-centers-and-institutes-at-calvin-college-and-calvin-theological-seminary/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Megan Meyers Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:23:58 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=857#comment-493 I'm a missionary with WorldVenture, and have served as an ethnomusicologist in Mozambique for the last 2 years. Having a masters in intercultural studies with an emphasis in global christian worship through ethnomusicology, I'm now exploring additional doctoral programs in ethnodoxology/worship and the arts. I'm wondering if Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has such a program, or can put me in touch with an institution that may. Our home base in the US is Detroit, MI. Sincerely, Megan Meyers I’m a missionary with WorldVenture, and have served as an ethnomusicologist in Mozambique for the last 2 years. Having a masters in intercultural studies with an emphasis in global christian worship through ethnomusicology, I’m now exploring additional doctoral programs in ethnodoxology/worship and the arts.

I’m wondering if Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has such a program, or can put me in touch with an institution that may. Our home base in the US is Detroit, MI.

Sincerely, Megan Meyers

]]> Comment on Fall grants tour to the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver, British Columbia by damn you siri http://worshipweblog.com/2011/10/fall-grants-tour-to-the-pacific-northwest-vancouver-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-485 damn you siri Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:14:10 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=1203#comment-485 Great to hear! Bless you! Great to hear! Bless you!

]]> Comment on The Intergenerational Ministry Conference – October 2004 by Jacoby http://worshipweblog.com/2004/10/the-intergenerational-ministry-conference-october-2004/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Jacoby Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:02:58 +0000 http://worshiplearning.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-475 Grade A stuff. I'm unqesutinobaly in your debt. Grade A stuff. I’m unqesutinobaly in your debt.

]]> Comment on Q&A with Jamie Smith on 'Desiring the Kingdom' by “You say pietism, I say Pietism” « The Pietist Schoolman http://worshipweblog.com/2009/12/qa-with-jamie-smith-on-desiring-the-kingdom/comment-page-1/#comment-470 “You say pietism, I say Pietism” « The Pietist Schoolman Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:26:58 +0000 http://cicw.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/qa-with-jamie-smith-on-desiring-the-kingdom#comment-470 [...] an interview posted on the blog of Calvin’s Institute of Christian Worship, Smith was asked about the concern expressed in the second footnote from DtK, that his emphasis on [...] [...] an interview posted on the blog of Calvin’s Institute of Christian Worship, Smith was asked about the concern expressed in the second footnote from DtK, that his emphasis on [...]

]]> Comment on Singing our Theology: Hymn Society conference by Karl E. Moyer http://worshipweblog.com/2011/08/singing-our-theology-hymn-society-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Karl E. Moyer Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:39:27 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=1180#comment-467 So good to read Becky Hoeksema's comments. Thank you Becky, and thank you also, Deborah. The early Church used hymns as a teaching tool as, for example, against the Arian heresy. Luther wrote and recommended the use of "didactic chorales" for similar reasons. Becky Hoeksema seems to have discovered contemporary practice and implications of this, and the implications of her discovery are important: that we take all due care with the texts we sing, lest we teach theology contrary to what we claim to espouse in our particular places. Musical expression is not neutral, and even musical style carries subtle theological implications. For example, welcome triumphalism here is not necessarily acceptable triumphalism there. It would be interesting to read Becky's observations in that subject in some future year, though the subject is infinitely more difficult. So good to read Becky Hoeksema’s comments. Thank you Becky, and thank you also, Deborah.

The early Church used hymns as a teaching tool as, for example, against the Arian heresy. Luther wrote and recommended the use of “didactic chorales” for similar reasons. Becky Hoeksema seems to have discovered contemporary practice and implications of this, and the implications of her discovery are important: that we take all due care with the texts we sing, lest we teach theology contrary to what we claim to espouse in our particular places.

Musical expression is not neutral, and even musical style carries subtle theological implications. For example, welcome triumphalism here is not necessarily acceptable triumphalism there. It would be interesting to read Becky’s observations in that subject in some future year, though the subject is infinitely more difficult.

]]> Comment on Reports on Symposium by ashrafmasihe http://worshipweblog.com/2011/01/reports-on-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-462 ashrafmasihe Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:09:46 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=845#comment-462 may good bless you with whatever you are doing to orgnaize this confrence. i am very anxious to join in this symposium, it'll be a great opertunity to learn and share it with my church and friends. may good bless you with whatever you are doing to orgnaize this confrence. i am very anxious to join in this symposium, it’ll be a great opertunity to learn and share it with my church and friends.

]]> Comment on Evangelicals and the Quest to Change the World by Joan Huyser-Honig http://worshipweblog.com/2011/07/evangelicals-and-the-quest-to-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Joan Huyser-Honig Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:27:51 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=1174#comment-406 Thank you for your honest reflections. You raise questions that I wonder about a lot. How did other seminar members respond to your questions? When your dissertation is published as a book, I'd love to read it. You probably know this, but Center for Transforming Mission shares your concern for who they call "the least, last, and lost." Their weekly Word from Below shares stories of looking or finding God in hard places, far from power structures. http://geographyofgrace.com/ws/resources/wordfrombelow.php http://www.ctmnet.org/ Thank you for your honest reflections. You raise questions that I wonder about a lot. How did other seminar members respond to your questions?

When your dissertation is published as a book, I’d love to read it. You probably know this, but Center for Transforming Mission shares your concern for who they call “the least, last, and lost.” Their weekly Word from Below shares stories of looking or finding God in hard places, far from power structures. http://geographyofgrace.com/ws/resources/wordfrombelow.php
http://www.ctmnet.org/

]]> Comment on Evangelicals and the Quest to Change the World by Anne P. http://worshipweblog.com/2011/07/evangelicals-and-the-quest-to-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Anne P. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:05:12 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=1174#comment-391 This is a very powerful essay, and it relates not just to evangelical Christians, but the problems of all religions and the constant dilemma of power and purpose. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, they were thought-provoking and fascinating. This is a very powerful essay, and it relates not just to evangelical Christians, but the problems of all religions and the constant dilemma of power and purpose. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, they were thought-provoking and fascinating.

]]> Comment on Everything I was hoping for and more . . . by Academic Summer Camp 2011 | Worship Weblog http://worshipweblog.com/2011/06/everything-i-was-hoping-for-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Academic Summer Camp 2011 | Worship Weblog Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:49:19 +0000 http://worshipweblog.com/?p=1071#comment-378 [...] Seminar is a distinct moment in one’s professional career.  As another Seminar participant observed recently, it enhances scholarship, challenges us to sharpen arguments and interpretations, enlivens faith, [...] [...] Seminar is a distinct moment in one’s professional career.  As another Seminar participant observed recently, it enhances scholarship, challenges us to sharpen arguments and interpretations, enlivens faith, [...]

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