Worship Resources Intl.

Sorry this is a little late getting posted–just returned home from the Calvin Symposium for Worship (see above) and other responsibilities.

This month’s issue focuses on thirsting/hungering/longing for God, and includes:

• Theme article "Better than Life" (on Psalm 63)
• Hymn and song texts based on Psalm 63
• Scripture texts on the theme of Spiritual Thirst
• Quotes dealing with thirsting for God
• Info on a great lineup of upcoming worship conferences and other events
• Click HERE to open PDF (left-click) or to download (right-click, "Save link as…")

This is certainly not always the case, but in the coming seven months there are quite a number of meaty, substantial worship conferences being offered across the U.S. See the February issue of Worship Notes HERE (left-click to open, right-click to download) for more details and links.
 

ETHNODOXOLOGY is simply the study of global worship, and Ethnodoxologists are those involved in the study and facilitation of the development of indigenous expressions of worship among the peoples of the world. A number of the members of the International Council of Ethnodoxologists (including yours truly) are developing an interactive course which will give a fascinating overview for some of what is happening around the world as the Church of Jesus Christ in many lands gives voice to its praise.

The course will be given for the first time at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky from May 31-June 6, 2008. The course may be taken for graduate credit or as an audit. Please go HERE for more information.

Cold, wintry Grand Rapids was the location for the annual event sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. 

I was honored to be a presenter (one of dozens) at this marvelous annual conference which draws about 1500 participants from around the world. The subjects of my three workshops (Blended Worship, Thematic Worship, and Biblical Principles of Worship), which I gave twice each, seemed to spark a lot of interest–I was thrilled to see the interest in both practical topics and in biblical foundations.

Highlights for me were: teaching eager learners; catching up with some friends and making new ones; meeting some of the internationals (they came from 45 countries); finally getting to meet and hear Kenneth Bailey (whose books on the Middle Eastern cultural background of the gospels have intrigued me for 30 years), and getting to hear Dallas Willard speak a couple of times on the Christian life.

Audio of some of the presentations are now available HERE, with more to come.