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A Workshop on Sacred Spaces and Movements in the Liturgy

September 7, 2024

This video, “A Workshop on Sacred Spaces and Movements in the Liturgy,” was originally a workshop for the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto, Canada, in 2018. It explores the profound connection between sacred spaces and the movements that animate liturgical worship. The workshop runs for 28 minutes and delves into how sacred architecture … More A Workshop on Sacred Spaces and Movements in the Liturgy

Teacher-Scholar Panel: Inclusive Worship, Reconciliation, and Public Witness

July 17, 2022

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship – 2022 Online Grants Event John Witvliet, moderator. David Pereyra (OCAD University) To gather diverse worshiping communities in online workshops and webinars. The goal is to create a culture of inclusion by assessing inclusive thinking. This also includes helping communities develop strategies to increase their inclusivity. Additionally, it involves gathering … More Teacher-Scholar Panel: Inclusive Worship, Reconciliation, and Public Witness

The Lector: Medium for Proclaiming Holy Scriptures

January 9, 2022

At this point in time, as we physically distance and isolate in response to COVID-19, there is no shortage of those who, provocatively, are considering new opportunities through virtual celebrations, replacing the human voice with the voice of artificial intelligence and supplanting paper texts with electronic and digital technologies. There have also been attempts to … More The Lector: Medium for Proclaiming Holy Scriptures

Rediscovering Architecture’s Role in the Proclamation of Sacred Scriptures

July 30, 2013

Profound reverence of scripture is an integral part of Christian religious life. The act of reading sacred texts has always required an appointed place, which has come to be considered sacred as well. These places constructed within the worship space — ambo, pyrgus, pulpit, and lectern, have attained powerful significance over the past two millennia.In … More Rediscovering Architecture’s Role in the Proclamation of Sacred Scriptures