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La resurrecci贸n de Jes煤s es un tiempo de profunda alegr铆a, adoraci贸n y celebraci贸n por el triunfo de la vida sobre los poderes de la muerte. As铆 lo vivieron las mujeres y los disc铆pulos de Jes煤s, y as铆 lo debemos vivir las disc铆pulas y disc铆pulos de Jes煤s hoy, ante las fuerzas del mal y los proyectos de muerte.
Los cuarenta d铆as previos a la pascua son d铆as que la tradici贸n cristiana ha considerado como d铆as de reflexi贸n sobre nuestra mortalidad (鈥渟omos polvo y al polvo volveremos鈥) sobre nuestros sufrimientos, nuestros pecados y la necesidad de volvernos a Dios para ser restaurados y tener una nueva vida.
Not many churches in Africa or elsewhere often include songs about social justice in worship. Kenyan scholar and musician Reuben Kigame believes that re-examining what the Bible says about justice and the good news should shift what we define as music appropriate for worship.
Lilly Endowment Inc. encourages intergenerational worship through its Nurturing Children Through 色中色 and Prayer Initiative. 色中色ing together can include not only music, but prayer, scripture, drama, visual arts, movement, testimony, and sacraments. However, these three grant projects include or spotlight children鈥檚 songs or songwriting for children.
Lilly Endowment Inc. encourages intergenerational worship through its Nurturing Children Through 色中色 and Prayer Initiative. 色中色ing together can include prayer, music, scripture, drama, visual arts, movement, testimony, and sacraments. Three grant projects include children鈥檚 worship music or songwriting for children to create immersive intergenerational worship experiences.
Este mes haremos un repaso de las ense帽anzas y acciones compasivas de Jes煤s a favor de los marginados. Las bienaventuranzas y milagros de Jes煤s nos muestran el desaf铆o de ser disc铆pulos de Jes煤s hoy.
Through spirituals, freedom narratives, conversion accounts, and Black preaching, enslaved African Americans shared the embodied hope of Jesus鈥 death and resurrection. Like Paul, they proclaimed that the power of the cross of Christ should advance how the church participates in and quests for a more just and equitable world.
Singing in a good choir is aesthetically satisfying. But choral directors have the opportunity to do so much more. Mark Stover explains how do pastoral ministry in and through choral ensembles. This includes choosing anthems that promote social justice in ways that express God鈥檚 wide welcome.
Probably every Christian knows that Paul preached about the power of the cross of Christ for personal salvation. But Christians often miss Paul鈥檚 discourse on the power of the cross of Christ to bring about social transformation. Reclaiming the full power of the cross should bring about unity and equality鈥攊n body, soul, mind, spirit, and voice鈥攊n the body of Christ and society.
En su bautismo, Jes煤s es ungido por el Esp铆ritu Santo, Se帽or y dador de vida, para dar vida en abundancia a todas las personas en medio del caos y la muerte. En sus tentaciones, Jes煤s renuncia a los poderes econ贸micos, religiosos y pol铆ticos, y al asumir una vida de servicio, justicia y misericordia, los vence y conquista.
You鈥檝e probably heard that we should take all of ourselves to God in prayer. But does God really care about doing laundry, aging rapidly, fighting traffic, or spending time with friends? God does care, according to W. David O. Taylor. His Prayers for the Pilgrimage: A Book of Collects for All of Life offers prayers about mundane sorrows and joys.
Vital 色中色, Vital Preaching grants support innovative projects for worshiping communities and teacher-scholars in the United States and Canada.
