Posted by CICW
April 8th, 2009
Leading a reading and discussion group on the book, The Church of All Ages, provided participants in my group with a valuable opportunity not only to reflect on the theory of intergenerational worship, but also to assess the extent to which that theory gets applied in actual ministry. The experience of meeting together, gleaning insights from the book, and sharing our reflections on the joys and challenges of intergenerational ministry proved to be an effective diagnostic tool for participants, each of whom was directly involved in church ministry.
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Posted by CICW
April 8th, 2009
Our Berkeley (California) reading group of eight members represented quite a diversity of ethnic backgrounds: African American, Naga (Northeast Indian subcontinent), Filipina, multicultural, and Euro American. We were pastors, ministry staff members, and laypersons, from congregations that are American Baptist and United Methodist, with an age range of early twenties through sixties. We were six women and two men.
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Posted by CICW
April 8th, 2009
he Calvin Institute of Christian Worship initiated a number of reading groups throughout North America to discuss the book “The Church of All Ages.” This reflection is from Julianne Gilchrist in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Posted by cicw
April 7th, 2009
From the Christian Century: Most New Testament scholars say that the Gospel of Mark originally ended with the story of the women who go to the cemetery, only to encounter a mysterious young man pointing to Jesus’ empty tomb and announcing the resurrection. One of the challenges of this view is that if Mark truly [...]
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Posted by cicw
April 7th, 2009
From CCblogs: It seems more clear all the time that who I really am has been encrusted over the years by layers and layers of self-protection. This is what the contemplatives call the artificial self or the false self. What also seems just as clear is that openness to realism and honesty about who I’ve [...]
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Posted by cicw
April 6th, 2009
An excerpt of Craig Satterlee’s new book When God Speaks Through Worship, one of our recent publications, is featured in this week’s Alban Weekly: [One] year, as we prepared for Easter, people wondered if the Maundy Thursday service could be a bit more worshipful, without losing the agape feast, and asked if I had any [...]
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Posted by cicw
April 6th, 2009
Attention owners of Kindle e- book readers (or the Kindle app for iPhone): the TNIV (Today’s New International Version) is currently being offered for free at Amazon’s Kindle Store! Avail yourself of digital access to this excellent recent Bible translation.
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Posted by cicw
March 31st, 2009
We were delighted to visit the headquarters of Baker Publishing Group this afternoon as a staff, and get a tour from our friend Bob Hosack and our former colleague Rachel Klompmaker. Baker has published several of our books, such as Worship Seeking Understanding, The Art of Worship and Worship Words. Our best wishes and prayers [...]
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Posted by cicw
March 31st, 2009
From Comment: © Arlissa Vaughn When Nicodemus questioned Jesus about how to be born again, Jesus replied with a beautifully poetic response from which we can learn a great deal. The Sound of the Wind was created as meditation of verse 8 from the Gospel of John, “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear [...]
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Posted by cicw
March 31st, 2009
From an interview with Christian philosopher Matt Bonzo in Comment: To begin, philosophy is not a substitute for faith. Christian faith recognizes the limits of thought and, in a way, opens us to the mystery of God’s relationship with creation. Overspecialization in any academic discipline is often driven by the expectation that the whole of [...]
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