Tired of constantly adapting to worship in a pandemic? You’re not alone
Many churches thought that vaccines would pave the way back to normal worship, but new COVID-19 realities are forcing us to keep pivoting.
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How to navigate the chaos of returning to in-person church
With their plans upended on Holy Monday, a pastor and staff at a Michigan church leapt into Holy Week and Easter, revising as they went. He shares three insights he hopes will help others returning to in-person worship.
Link to author A. Trevor Sutton
By A. Trevor Sutton
Pastor and writer
Disability is not a 'problem' to be solved
The whole church benefits when those with special needs are welcome in worship, writes an academic who focuses on disability theology.
Link to author Brian Brock
By Brian Brock
Professor, University of Aberdeen
Seeing beyond God as male
What it looks like when one congregation spends seven weeks focused on a different vision of God.
Link to author Isaac Villegas
By Isaac Villegas
Pastor, Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship
James K.A. Smith: What do our institutions teach us to love?
The professor of philosophy describes his own journey with Augustine and the importance of leaders paying attention to the formation of desire.
Alisha Lola Jones: Assumptions made about black worship leaders have history and do harm
The ethnomusicologist identifies how the stereotype of a flamboyant choir director changes someone’s gift into something to fear.
Worship can be boring, and that's OK
Making worship productive misses the point and submits to the logic of capitalism, says the pastor and author.
Link to author Melissa Florer-Bixler
By Melissa Florer-Bixler
Pastor, Raleigh Mennonite Church
Creating a diverse congregation requires more than diverse worship
Worship leaders of color are often brought in to encourage diversity in congregations, but real diversity requires shifts in the entire culture of a church, says the worship leader and writer.
Link to author Angie Hong
By Angie Hong
Worship leader, writer and speaker
Ralph West: You can disagree and still come together
The world is made up of people with differing opinions, the pastor of The Church Without Walls said. Yet it’s possible to be friends in the presence of love.
Together on the borders: A worship experience
This service invites reflection on Isaiah 43:1-7 and border crossings, leading participants to wonder: What can Christians do in the face of restrictive and unjust boundaries? In what ways does Christian hope reside on the borders?
Link to author Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
By Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
Spiritual director and retreat leader
When does breaking news compel a preacher to rewrite Sunday's sermon?
The answer depends on congregational and community context and begins with another question: What does the gospel have to say to a broken and brokenhearted world in this moment?
Link to author Nathan Kirkpatrick
By Nathan Kirkpatrick
Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC
