After the Benediction: Putting Faith to Work the Other Six Days
This presentation focused on the multiple avenues through which the supports and relationships available within congregation can meet real needs in the lives of people with disabilities and their families throughout the week.
April 11, 2018
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43 min listen
Beyond Stigma to Hospitality: Creating a Gracious Space for People with Mental Illness
91ÁÔÆæ and fellowship are sometimes difficult for people with mental illness because few people understand their experience and their needs in worship.
March 13, 2018
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40 min listen
Jaewoo Kim on Making Room for Multicultural 91ÁÔÆæ
To worship in line with the Lord’s Prayer—on earth as it is in heaven—requires making room in worship for stories, songs, and gifts from many cultures. Doing so depends in part on how churches form their views about refugees and immigrants.
February 28, 2018
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4 min read
David Bailey and Erin Rose on White Supremacy
Churches often shy away from conversations about white supremacy or which lives matter. A Presbyterian elder and a worship leader explain how to pastorally move toward effective reconciliation ministry.
February 26, 2018
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5 min read
David Bailey and Erin Rose on Charlottesville, Violence, and Preaching
Seeing violence and racism up close is ugly. Two Presbyterians discuss how to help congregations prepare for and respond to divisive events.
February 26, 2018
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5 min read
Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, and Truth in Christian 91ÁÔÆæ and Life
All over the world, Christian churches are struggling to obey the Bible’s clear commands to welcome the stranger, to displace the fear that leads to exclusion, and to both extend and receive mutual hospitality as gifts of God’s Spirit.
February 16, 2018
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103 min listen
Methodist Pastor-Musicians on Gaps in 91ÁÔÆæ Music
Teaching an intensive songwriting class in a North Carolina prison for women made Susannah Long and Michael Conner reflect on gaps in what churches sing about.
February 14, 2018
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4 min read
What Inside Songwriters Can Teach Outside Churches about 91ÁÔÆæ
A songwriting class in a North Carolina prison taught eight women to write biblical songs that touch congregations inside and outside prison walls.
February 14, 2018
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10 min read
Mental Health and the Practice of Christian Public 91ÁÔÆæ: An Exploratory Conversation
Sessions related to mental health are not a common feature of many conferences on worship. Yet mental-health-related concerns affect as many as one in five people at any given time, with one of every twenty-five people living with serious mental health challenges. More than four in ten people in the United States experiences a psychological disorder in their lifetime. What we say or fail to say about these challenges in worship settings can be profoundly formative for how Christian communities respond to these challenges
February 13, 2018
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77 min listen
Warren Kinghorn on Mental Illness and Our Deepest Identity
We hear a lot about using person-first language. Yet it is still common to label people with their mental health diagnosis. Christians and churches can offer another way to describe our common human identity.
February 6, 2018
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4 min read
Warren Kinghorn on Mental Health and Christian 91ÁÔÆæ
It is far more common to hear about physical ailments than mental ones in congregational prayers and worship. Psychiatrist Warren Kinghorn explains why mental health issues and people with mental illness should be acknowledged in Christian worship.
February 6, 2018
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3 min read
91ÁÔÆæ and Mental Health
What we say or fail to say about mental health concerns in worship settings can be profoundly formative for how Christian communities respond to these challenges.
January 4, 2018
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5 min read
