In a world gone wrong, our world, the coming of Christ in his truth, righteousness, justice, beauty, mercy and, above all, love, radically shakes things up.Read More

In these times we are summoned thankfully to yet rejoice in the seemingly insignificant blessings of God, those blessings which tempt to pass unacknowledged and even unnoticed.Read More

A bequest is a simple way to create a legacy which generously provides for the future of IWS and demonstrates love and support for the advancement of our mission.Read More

IWS President Dr. Jim Hart delivered the homily at Opening Convocation on June 10, 2020. In difficult times and discouraging spaces, how do we find our way to intimacy with God? How do we lead our congregations in worship with authenticity and Godly passion?Read More

In the June 2020 Presidential Address, Jim Hart reviews the IWS mission before delving into a theology of incarnation as it relates to social distancing and the Eucharist.Read More

Our suffering in this pandemic is not a dumb suffering, but a redemptive suffering.Read More

President Hart honors the 20-year ministry of Chaplain Harris.Read More

Theologian David Fagerberg writes of the importance for all followers of Jesus to embrace “liturgical asceticism.” What does he mean?Read More

Advent helps us to feel the need for a Savior who has done for us what we can’t do for ourselves.Read More

“Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasures is, there will your heart be also.” MATTHEW 6:20-21 “A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees...Read More

Dr. James R. Hart, President of IWS, spoke on the process of catechesis and the related rites of worship at the June 2019 Presidential Address.Read More

For many of us, perhaps most of us, the joy of Jesus’ resurrection fades as the vicissitudes of life obscure the celebration. In the midst of the day-to-day challenges of life, how do we rediscover and experience that Easter joy?Read More

The worship of God is the most useless and supremely important thing we can do.Read More

Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the season of Lent. God calls us to observe a holy Lent through assessment, penitence, discipline and renewal, using the classical church practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.Read More

He who is the very essence of being itself, became what he created, taking on the confinement of frail flesh so that we who are born of flesh may share in his divinity. He who is, became.Read More