IWS set me on an incredible trajectory, equipping me with the tools, knowledge, and understanding to serve across traditions, cultures, and contexts.Read More
Professor Dan Sharp Poised to publish Church Year Devotionals: For many years, Professor Dan Sharp has been providing daily devotionals via email during each season of the Church Year. Recently, Academic Dean Dinelle Frankland sat down with him to discuss this significant contribution to Christian formation all over the world. Dinelle Frankland: When did you...Read More
The second of the three great Lenten practices is fasting. A few weeks ago IWS Director of Outreach Maureen Roe wrote an article that called us to the Lenten discipline of increased prayer, prayer that forms us into Christlikeness and increases our own compassion for the corporal and spiritual needs of those we encounter. This...Read More
Life is complicated and sometimes we need simple directions — even when it comes to prayer. When asked how to improve one’s prayer time, Thomas Merton is said to have responded, “Take the time. Simply take the time to pray regularly, and you will become more prayerful.” I appreciate how direct and simply put Merton’s...Read More
I love worship. Sometimes I get caught in the repetitive grind of training leaders and playing the same songs over and over again, but most days worship puts a smile on my face. Above all, I love how worship tells a story and invites me into something bigger than myself, invites me to Christ. There...Read More
IWS Alumni Dr. Wally Brath recently released an album of original songs and shared his story of how this jazz psalter came to be: Growing up in the Evangelical, Free-church tradition, I didn’t sing the Psalms regularly in worship. We would occasionally read portions of them on a Sunday morning or inadvertently sing a paraphrased...Read More
Intergenerational worship seeks to bring all generations together as equal, valued participants in the divine relationship of the triune God, being formed in our participation with God and one another to be the body of Christ and embody the fullness of the gospel, proclaiming God’s ongoing redemption of all creation.Read More
Looking back on it now, I can’t believe we thought it was the right time for me to be starting the DWS program at IWS. After all, my wife and I had a two-year-old, and baby #2 was arriving in just one month. Our church was in the process of sending us out as part...Read More
