WMB is a series and this is Part 3, a final wrap up for  Monday’s post & Wednesday’s post…

The Myth of a painless offering of worship.

I believe that worship, speaking even of and specifically about our weekend gatherings, is not painless. Of course I do not mean that it is “painful” but that it is a myth to think we are entitled to worship without cost.  Yeah, I used the word “painless” as a way to address our demand in our culture for ease.  The goal it seems is to ease our lives, when sometimes things we do that cause pain actually advance us.  Exercise is a perfect example of this. Read the rest of this entry »

WMB is a series and this is Part 2 from Monday’s post…

The myth of a painless offering of worship

If worship is perhaps not a “painless offering” than it is not…

• three easy payments
• about feeling good all the time
• without cost
• all my favorite songs
• without using my brain
• always convenient
• about my preferences
• something for me but from me

Anything else we can add to the list?

I am finally beginning another set of posts in the Worship Mythbusters series here on the RKWL. Just a reminder: when I use the term worship I am speaking of “liturgy” or our public expression of worship. So for the sake of this discussion “worship” = what we do together in our weekend gatherings.
Read the rest of this entry »