Essays: The Conviction of Things Not Seen

Joyce Borger

Todd E. Johnson, ed. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2002. 240 pp. $22.99. ISBN 1587430320. www.bakerbooks.com

For this collection of essays written in honor of Robert Webber, editor Todd E. Johnson has gathered a group of liturgical scholars who have been influenced and inspired by Webber’s teaching. The result is twelve essays from various perspectives that both inform and challenge continued worship discussion. Topics include the practical, such as the balance between tradition and innovation, style, visual arts, and pastoral care, and the more scholastic such as developing a taxonomy of worship, origins of the seeker movement, the catechumenate, and an evaluation of seminary education in the postmodern context.

Rev. Joyce Borger is senior editor of Reformed Worship and a resource development specialist at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. She has worked in the area of worship for over 20 years and has served as editor of several musical collections, including Psalms for All Seasons, and Lift Up Your Hearts: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2011, 2013). She is an ordained minister, teaches worship courses at Kuyper College, leads worship at her church, and serves as co-chair of the church's worship committee.