The Center For Worship Leadership (CWL) blog features articles written around three core competencies:, worship theology, ministry leadership, and practical skills. Join us here for the blogcast version of those articles! If you are interested in reading them, visit us at cwlonline.org.

Center For Worship Leadership Blogcast
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The Center For Worship Leadership (CWL) blog features articles written around three core competencies:, worship theology, ministry leadership, and practical skills. Join us here for the blogcast version of those articles! If you are interested in reading them, visit us at cwlonline.org.
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June 22, 2023
Review - In Defense of Christian Ritual
<p>By Rev. Steve Zank. In his book In Defense of Christian Ritual: The Case for a Biblical Pattern of Worship, David Andersen made two significant arguments. First, he argued that worship practices deeply and stubbornly form the beliefs and culture of the church — both institutionally and individually. As a specialist in Christian apologetics, Andersen made this argument with the same methods he used to defend the historical resurrection of Jesus, namely, the collective insights of anthropology, psychology, neurology, epistemology and the social sciences...</p>

August 18, 2020
Church Music in Cultural Contexts—beyond the metaphors of gourmet and fast food
<p><strong>By Rev. Dr. Jim Marriott<br /></strong></p> <p>Culture matters. Context matters. Through certain practices, we can learn to value culture. We can learn to value the uniqueness of culture that guards us from cultural elitism. We can learn to value the inherent meanings of cultural symbols that keeps us from misappropriating culture. This, as the Newsboys so eloquently taught us years ago, is truly how we learn to sing the “song of the redeemed.”</p>

August 11, 2020
Pragmatics and Theology of Worship
<p><strong>By Rev. Dr. David W. Loy</strong></p> <p>Worship is never theologically neutral. Every worship form can be analyzed in terms of its pragmatics—that is, what it seeks to accomplish. Analyzing the pragmatics of the service will uncover the theological presuppositions lurking beneath the surface of the worship form. Does the service seek to elicit a response from worshipers? This suggests one understanding of worship. Does the service aim to proclaim forgiveness? This suggests a different understanding of worship. Those who plan worship can analyze the worship forms they use to see whether the pragmatics stand up to theological scrutiny.</p>
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