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Crafting Prayers and Other Words for Worship
Debra Rienstra
Calvin Symposium on Worship 2007

This workshop was offered for those who prepare words for their congregations, either by selecting from resources, by composing or improvising new words, or both. Participants were guided in employing such linguistic tools as scriptural reference and paraphrase, repetition, metaphor, traditional words, and fresh concrete language.

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Debra Rienstra is professor of English at Calvin College and author of several books, including a forthcoming book on language in worship (Eerdmans). Her latest book is So Much More: An Invitation to Christian Spirituality (Jossey-Bass, 2005).

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