John Westerhoff III is a featured instructor and contributor at Worship Training.
Although it may be understood in many ways, prayer remains a basic expression of human beings. Learning how to pray requires a recovery of the intuitive, life-changing aspects of religious experience, which are often neglected in favor of cognitive and analyti
Although liturgy and learning have been linked since the birth of the Christian era, this link has not always been maintained throughout the church's history. It is essential to restore the historical connection between liturgy and catechesis, as the entire co
Because Christian faith runs counter to other understandings of life, rites of conversion and incorporation are important. The reorientation of values that occurs with the emergence of Christian commitment cannot be totally incorporated within the paradigm of
Personal growth in Christ may involve passage through a series of stages of faith, as the worshiper moves from a faith transmitted by his or her worship community, through a faith forged in the crucible of personal questioning and struggle, to a mature faith w
