Do we get caught up in the spectacle, the production of church? The louder the singing, the louder the cheering, the more we love God.
What about awe and majesty? The still small voice? Community displays of respect?
It’s funny I love production. Music, acting, it’s who I am. But maybe it’s possible to stretch our perceptions and expectations, to discard what has been established and the routine we’ve fallen into. Is there perhaps a time to dial it back?
The song ‘Heart of Worship’ by Matt Redman, came from such a time. Now I’m not suggesting we all need to spend months just worshipping with a guy on an acoustic guitar, that would be another routine for the sake of it. I just wonder if there’s something in that for a moment.
Who knows? I certainly don’t have the answers. I wish I did. Is it possible that we could benefit from a structure different to: arrive, 4 songs, news, offering, song, preaching, altar call, song.
Should we see ourselves as a structure, rigid, or as part of those streams of living water? If it’s more than the structure and the form, if what we have is a living, breathing relationship, then we need to let it breathe and grow. Growth involves movement and change. It might be a good time to note that if water stays still for long it grows stagnant. I don’t want to be stagnant.
What about awe and majesty? The still small voice? Community displays of respect?
It’s funny I love production. Music, acting, it’s who I am. But maybe it’s possible to stretch our perceptions and expectations, to discard what has been established and the routine we’ve fallen into. Is there perhaps a time to dial it back?
The song ‘Heart of Worship’ by Matt Redman, came from such a time. Now I’m not suggesting we all need to spend months just worshipping with a guy on an acoustic guitar, that would be another routine for the sake of it. I just wonder if there’s something in that for a moment.
Who knows? I certainly don’t have the answers. I wish I did. Is it possible that we could benefit from a structure different to: arrive, 4 songs, news, offering, song, preaching, altar call, song.
Should we see ourselves as a structure, rigid, or as part of those streams of living water? If it’s more than the structure and the form, if what we have is a living, breathing relationship, then we need to let it breathe and grow. Growth involves movement and change. It might be a good time to note that if water stays still for long it grows stagnant. I don’t want to be stagnant.
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