President’s Blog
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Easter Joy: Defeating the Culture of Death
How do we make sense of, and experience the expected “Paschal joy” of Easter, especially in the days of a persisting global pandemic? What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to us in the weird and wild 21st century? 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 retain and experience that Easter joy?
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Out of Sheer Love: A Holy Week Reflection
Don’t view the crucifixion as an angry God bringing retribution on recalcitrant humankind. No. Rather, this is God himself, in Christ, taking on himself our dysfunction, sin and rebellion, putting it to death on the cross, and bringing this fallen world back into the intensity of the divine life. This is God himself condescending to the depths of hell to rescue us, redeem us, and raise us to new life; not just so we can be ethically upright, not just to forgive us of our sinfulness, but so that we may become like God, fully reconciled to God. This reconciliation is not just for us, but our neighbors, our enemies, and the entire created order as well.
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Statement Regarding the Events of January 6, 2021
The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies deplores and condemns the many violent actions that were on display in last week’s tragic event at the US Capitol.
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Worship & the Great Realignment (Jim Hart, Opening Convocation Homily, January ’21)
IWS began its January 2021 intensive session with worship on the Feast of the Epiphany. IWS President Dr. James R. Hart delivered a homily on “The Great Realignment” testified to […]
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