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Ashes and communion: an Ash Wednesday meditation

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Debra Rienstra, co-author of our new publication Worship Words, gave this beautiful meditation this past Ash Wednesday: Listen flash player not displaying; get help here;or click ‘mp3′ below to listen var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.worshipsymposium.org//player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.cepreaching.org/files/calvinchapel/drienstra_090225.mp3″, “mymovie”, “400″, “27″, “6″, “#336699″, “low”); so.write(“flashcontent”);• mp3 Read this meditation

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Announcing the Open Sourcebook

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The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is delighted to announce a new online resource called The Open Sourcebook. Developed in partnership with Sojourn Community Church, which manages the site, the Open Sourcebook is a free online collection of prayers, litanies, and other words for worship. Inspired by The Worship Sourcebook, this collection will feature words [...]

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'Almighty Babe, whose tender arms can force all foes to fly'

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This Christmas we’ll be dwelling on these words from Robert Southwell’s provocative poem ‘A Child My Choice,’ which was sung in this year’s Lessons and Carols concert: Alas! he weeps, he sighs, he pants, yet do his angels sing;out of his tears, his sighs, and throbs, doth bud a joyful spring.Almighty Babe, whose tender arms [...]

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