Posted by Nathan Bierma
June 8th, 2011
Noise. It surrounds us every day: car horns honking, sirens wailing, people talking, children crying, dogs barking, phones ringing, televisions blaring, donkeys braying, and the list goes on and on. Even when things seem to quiet down, after a few minutes our ears become attuned to the hum of electricity, the dull sound of traffic in the distance, the buzz of an airplane flying overhead, the elevator music playing in the background or even the constant ticking of a clock.
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Posted by Nathan Bierma
June 1st, 2011
The Spirit gathers us to worship God
and builds us up in faith, hope, and love
so that we may go into the world to proclaim the gospel
and work for justice and peace.
Let us worship God together.
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Posted by CICW
May 23rd, 2011
Our goal in planning, writing, and executing chapels is to glorify God. Period. So, the first question we always ask is, “How was God glorified.?” We intentionally do not first ask the question – Did people like it?
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Posted by CICW
May 12th, 2011
The Worship Institute mourns the loss of Professor Chip Stam, friend and colleague, who passed away May 1, from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was 58 years old. Worship Institute director John Witvliet was able to attend the memorial service at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, May 7, on behalf of the Institute. John shared his reflections on the service and Chip’s influence on the Worship Institute:
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Posted by Nathan Bierma
May 3rd, 2011
Since the good news of Easter can hardly be contained in a single day’s celebration, Easter is the first of fifty days of Eastertide, the “Great Fifty Days” that lead to Pentecost. This season is designed for extended celebration, for exploring the ramifications of Easter for the redemption of all creation, and for joyful Christian living.
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Posted by CICW
March 11th, 2011
Here’s a fun report from Mike Pfeifer at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which received a 2009 Worship Renewal Grant from us. To our knowledge, this is our first grant recipient to pose with the Super Bowl trophy. Of course, if you do get a grant we make no guarantees about the [...]
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Posted by CICW
March 2nd, 2011
During the fall of 2010, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship sponsored two sets of book groups using two of our recent publications: Worship Words, by Debra Rienstra and Ron Rienstra and Shaped by God, edited by Robert Keeley. We gathered the leaders of these book groups during summer to orient them to the books’ content [...]
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Posted by CICW
January 31st, 2011
We’re excited to read reports about Symposium on the Web, including these
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Posted by CICW
January 27th, 2011
We are grateful to the Reformed Spirituality Network for hosting this Prayer Room at Symposium 2011.
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