Prayer

Bendici¨®n para personal m¨¦dico en tiempo de pandemia

Kate Williams escribi¨® esta oraci¨®n como una bendici¨®n para las personas que trabajan en la salud durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

April 3, 2020 | 1 min read
A COVID-19 Prayer Based on Psalm 51

Calvin University professor Chad Engbers prayed this prayer on March 12, 2020 during the daily chapel service. This was one of the last chapel services conducted before the campus closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

April 2, 2020 | 2 min video
A Prayer to God in Anxious Times

Rev. Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. wrote this prayer in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

April 2, 2020 | 1 min read

Georie Bryant and Reynolds Chapman on Prayer Walks

Sometimes Christians worry that praying in public will be embarrassing or offensive. Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, organized a prayer walk that connected with neighbors.

November 26, 2019 | 5 min read

Praying in Public for Various Occasion: Catholic Resources for Ecumenical Use

2019 Cultivating Vital 91ÁÔÆæ | Session

July 29, 2019 | 46 min listen
Derek Elmi-Buursma on Communion and Context

Whether you call it Communion, Eucharist, the Lord¡¯s Supper, or something else, you may wonder how to connect this sacrament with real life. Learn how one small urban congregation creates eucharistic liturgies for living in a broken world.

June 4, 2019 | 8 min read

91ÁÔÆæ that Cares for People Pastorally

You may think of pastoral care mainly as personal visits to someone¡¯s hospital room or home. But Howard Vanderwell wrote that the entire worship service has ¡°powerful potential for caring for worshipers¡¯ needs.¡± His book Caring 91ÁÔÆæ: Helping 91ÁÔÆæ Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy explains how.

February 13, 2019 | 7 min read
John McClure on How Liturgical Practices Can Shape Conversations in a Pluralistic World

Christian liturgical practices¡ªconfession, intercession, and preaching¡ªcontain wisdom that can bring compassion and consensus to public conversations around contentious moral issues.

December 4, 2018 | 5 min read