This project is made possible through a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment.

 

A five-week study on how our habits can shape us into people who serve, protect, and restore God’s earth.

May 2021 / 72 pages

Now available for small groups and churches desiring to cultivate habits of worship, community, stewardship, purpose, and hope.

Our habits become liturgies that can form or deform us.

Now, more than ever, we need to examine who and what we worship. This study explores five liturgies and counter-liturgies that shape how we live and who we are becoming.

1. We are created to love and worship God vs. We live for our own fulfillment.

2. We thrive in community, partnering with others to bring about flourishing vs. We must become independent of others in order to succeed.

3. We are called to serve, protect, and restore the earth vs. We stand over and against the earth and can do what we please.

4. God’s work of transformation happens in the ordinary moments of our lives vs. Life is only meaningful if it is new and stimulating.

5. Facing grave ecological challenges we hope and act anticipating God’s restoration of heaven and earth vs. We have damaged the earth beyond all repair OR we will save ourselves through technology.

How can Christians respond faithfully in a world of noise, distraction, and the constant news of ecological destruction? What practices can sustain our partnership with God to restore his good creation?

Explore these questions and more through this study. Each week includes:

• A short reading on one of the liturgies and counter-liturgies

• Discussion questions

• Concrete practices for further engagement

• Selected written prayers to use individually and communally

• Space for personal reflection and journaling

To request copies of the workbook, please click here.

For more information, please contact Jon Terry.