All posts about ‘world’
New Film “Reparando” Explores Theology of the Cross
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Once you start getting to know people who are suffering, you can’t help but wonder how to see God in their midst or how to explain Christ’s death on the cross as good news for them now. Joel Van Dyke, a missionary who works in Guatemala’s slums and prisons, helps urban missions graduate students flesh out [...]
Tags: culture, Joel Van Dyke, reflection, Reparando movie, suffering, theology, theology of the cross, world
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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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Uniting General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, June 18-28, 2010
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC) are uniting to form a new body representing more than 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide. This united body will be called the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). The historic Uniting General Council (UGC) that launches this new Reformed organization will be held at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Tags: Reformed churches, Uniting General Council, world, World Communion of Reformed Churches
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Worship resources for World Refugee Day, Sunday, June 20, 2010
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Churches around the world will observe World Refugee Day on Sunday, June 20, 2010. In the U.K. this Sunday is the culmination of Refugee Week (June 14-20). Use worship resources from Church World Service, Disciples of Christ, United Church of Christ, United Methodists, or your own denomination. In the U.S., this Sunday is also Father’s Day. [...]
Tags: justice, planning, scripture, world
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'Cradle of our Faith' DVD looks at Middle East Christians
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From crcna.org: The Christian Reformed Church’s Office of Social Justice is offering for free “The Cradle of Our Faith,” a half-hour DVD that looks at the plight of Christians in modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, and Egypt. Produced by the CRC in conjunction with the Reformed Church in America, the video also provides [...]
Tags: history, middleeast, mideastchurches, video, world
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Pentecost Sunday evening worship service
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
On Pentecost Sunday, May 31, in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches is hosting a worship service to unite Christians worldwide on the occasion of the 500th anniversary year of Reformer John Calvin’s birth(pdf). You are invited to participate in this service from Geneva via video feed, at the Calvin College Chapel at [...]
Tags: geneva, jcalvin, John Calvin, Pentecost, services, world, worship service
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Smithsonian magazine on the preservation of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
I clipped this article a few months ago from Smithsonian magazine on the struggle to preserve the Hagia Sophia, the 1,500-year-old worship space in Istanbul. The Hagia Sophia was the place of which, according to legend, Prince Vladmir’s representatives said after attending an Eastern Orthodox worship service, “We did not know whether we were in [...]
Tags: architecture, culture, eorthodoxy, HagiaSophia, history, space, world
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