Session Description
It is a remarkable Christian claim that God is active not only in receiving our worship, but also in inspiring, prompting, and perfecting it—drawing us into communion with God and each other. It is also remarkable that God would do this through embodied, material human actions of washing, eating, and drinking. Yet often this central Christian vision is forgotten, ignored, or distorted, and all sorts of believers are never given the opportunity to taste and see God’s beauty in this vivid and nourishing way. This session will be a doxological session, full of praise to God for this gift. It will also be instructive, pointing to key resources in the Christian tradition for further exploring this vision. And it will be practical, suggesting ideas for teaching, preaching, and public worship that live into this rich vision.
Conference Title
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-24-2019
Event Type
Panel/Conversation
Type (recording/text)
Text
Subject Area
Theology
Topic
Sacraments
Keywords:
Washing, Eating, Drinking
Recommended Citation
Belcher, Kimberly Hope; Billings, Todd; Packiam, Glenn; Park, M. Sydney; Smit, Laura A.; and Witvliet, John D., "Trinitarian Sacramental Theology" (2019). Symposium on Worship Archive. 7.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2019/allitems/7
Included in
Trinitarian Sacramental Theology
It is a remarkable Christian claim that God is active not only in receiving our worship, but also in inspiring, prompting, and perfecting it—drawing us into communion with God and each other. It is also remarkable that God would do this through embodied, material human actions of washing, eating, and drinking. Yet often this central Christian vision is forgotten, ignored, or distorted, and all sorts of believers are never given the opportunity to taste and see God’s beauty in this vivid and nourishing way. This session will be a doxological session, full of praise to God for this gift. It will also be instructive, pointing to key resources in the Christian tradition for further exploring this vision. And it will be practical, suggesting ideas for teaching, preaching, and public worship that live into this rich vision.