Author: Dan Wilt

InResponse: Creational Theology

This past week, our FY100 students engaged with ideas in creational theology. Students fell passionately on two sides of the issues of caring for aesthetics in worship, including quality visual art in our connecting with God, the importance or non-importance of buildings, and the concept

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Lovers And Fighters: A Pod-Cast-In-The-Round with Rik Leaf

The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies And St. Stephen’s University Invite You To: Lovers And Fighters: A Podcast-In-The-Round With Host Dan Wilt and Canadian Singer-songwriter Rik Leaf Where: The iD.Cafe, 32 Victoria St. When: Today (Friday, Nov. 2) 1:30-3:00 You are invited today,

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Creational Theology: Massive Black Hole

Another gift in our understanding of the universe, and another gift to our perspective. Big universe. Big God. Big dreams for humankind. “US astronomers have discovered the biggest black hole orbiting a star 1.8 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, with a record-setting

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Introducing: RUF HymnBook Online (iGrace)

Now here is my “resourcer’s dream” site for creating ongoing, accessible and usable versions of hymns for contemporary usage. We’re building a catalogue ourselves as well; I’m pleased that these guys have done such a good job. Hope this serves the ancient-reclaiming vision of worship

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Today With The Institute

We’re moving along, full strength, here at the Institute. The Masters students are working through biblical theology of worship, with a focus on Reformation themes/liturgies/music/leadership, along with forays into the the history of worship expression over the past 500 years. Fascinating work in graeco-roman thought

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