What can Pokemon Go teach us about worship? Patrick Bourckel shares how the game can open your eyes to unseen realities.
Reading keeps our minds sharp and helps us stay current in our understanding of our mission. Shannon Sigler shares some recommended reading for worship, culture, and the arts.
Sometimes we all struggle in planning worship for one reason or another. Shannon Sigler shares how the artistic ones in your congregation can be an invaluable help when you are stuck.
Travis Collins teaches how to facilitate fresh expressions of the church.
Human creativity reflects the creativity of God. Uday Balasundaram shares why diversity matters in theology.
We all live with certain traditions and practices, none more openly than the church. These practices and traditions often change over time, but occasionally, there comes a time when all the things we practice must be evaluated. Emily Barlow shares how her church evaluated and changed traditions and practices to fit a new worship service.
In our culture, sometimes our time is the most valuable commodity we have. Emily Vermilya shares about how offering our time through waiting on God is worth every moment.
What happens when we physically engage in worship with our bodies? Elizabeth Rhyno writes about her experience of discovering freedom in bodily worship.
When we invite children to come forward, our worship forms a window into heaven; we embrace children the way our Lord embraced them. And, on top of that, it gives us an easy opportunity to teach the stories of Scripture in this age of increasing biblical illiteracy.
While there is great value in offering ministries that are geared toward reaching and discipling people with age-appropriate tactics, the importance of intergenerational worship cannot be understated. The corporate worship gathering of the church should be the place where we collectively gather and respond to the invitation of God—to encounter His revelation.
If the ultimate scenario is every nation, tribe, people, and language united in worship (Rev.7: 9; Heb.12: 22), then what does it mean for the church to live into that heavenly reality in the here and now?
As much as I believe content to be of the utmost importance in worship, I cannot ignore the fact that context is also crucial. At a basic level, context is how content makes sense. Good theological content is often fruitless without considering the cultural context.
