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Worship
From hymns to radio-friendly CCM, to arts ministries and monastic communities such as Taizé in Northern France, evangelicals have responded to the call to sing praises to God in vibrant and diverse ways. At the outset of the 21st century, worship leaders such as Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman led a new movement toward corporate worship, but worship continues to emanate beyond large gatherings into individual spiritual practices; it extends into work and the workplace, Sabbath recreation, and beyond. At its simplest, worship, derived from the Old English worthscipe, is to give worth to God by any endeavor.
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Work Makes Love Visible
Living in intentional Christian community with the Bruderhof taught me to honor God and neighbor through my mundane tasks—even on a barren farm.
Review
Around the World in 11 Church Services
A new travelogue of global worship celebrates gospel unity across cultural difference—within certain limits.
Review
The Book of Psalms Is the Bible’s ‘Little Bible’
We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises.
All the Light It Hurts to See
Scripture tells us God’s glory is blinding. Chronic migraines helped me see for myself.
Review
Just Say No to Online Church
Michael Huerter’s The Hybrid Congregation is an earnest effort to enrich our worship. It is also naive, superficial, incurious, and wrong.
The Gen Z Worship War
Well, not a war so much as a slow and worrisome sorting of men and women into different corners of Christianity.
Should We Bring AI into the Church?
A church-tech skeptic talks values with technologists from faith-aligned AI company Gloo.
The Limits of Liturgy
I love liturgy, but it’s not a means to make better, cooler, more politically with-it Christians. It doesn’t even guarantee orthodoxy.
How the Nicene Creed Became Cool Again
More and more churches are turning to ancient words of faith to anchor modern worship.
Cafeteria Church
Under the fluorescent lights, we come to commune, not to be entertained.