Theology

Four Ways to Mentor 91ÁÔÆæ Leaders

Four church leaders describe how they train and mentor worship leaders in their contexts. They try to identify gifts and to make room for everyone no matter their immigration status, age, or gender.

August 16, 2019 | 13 min read
Mary L. Cohen on Prison Choirs That Churches Can Start

Churches can use this community/prison choir model to embody and invite people into restorative justice. It can help us develop our awareness of our common humanity and help people see God’s love within each of us.

August 12, 2019 | 6 min read
Mary L. Cohen on Community Choirs in Prisons

Oakdale Community Choir in Coralville, Iowa, meets in the prison where half its members live. Church choirs and congregations can learn from the principles and practices that make this choir so life-giving. It focuses as much on relationships and potential as on music.

August 12, 2019 | 7 min read

Glenn Packiam on Songs that Bring Hope in 91ÁÔÆæ

What do contemporary Christians sing about when they sing about hope? Do they experience hope when they gather to sing in worship? If so, what sort of hope is it?

July 1, 2019 | 8 min read
Andrea C. Hunter on Contemporary Songwriters and Scholars

You might think of scholars as looking back and contemporary Christian songwriters as looking forward. Songwriter Andrea C. Hunter says that scholars can help remind musicians and congregations of what to aim for in worship. Scholars also mine treasures from Christian traditions in many eras and places.

May 29, 2019 | 5 min read

Andrea C. Hunter on Contemporary 91ÁÔÆæ Music’s Thou-to-I Shift

Her wide and deep experience with contemporary worship music gives Andrea C. Hunter keen insight on how it can form—or malform—Christians and congregations.

May 29, 2019 | 6 min read

The Impact of History on 91ÁÔÆæ Today: Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Synod of Dort

2019 Calvin Symposium on 91ÁÔÆæ | Workshop

May 10, 2019 | 56 min listen