Querying


I write songs. I've been doing it now for ten years, believe it or not.
I'm also a worship leader (I still like the term, lead worshipper... or better yet, worship facilitator).
Lately I've been asking myself a lot of questions about what and why and how I do what I do, and how I can better do what I am doing.

There's just a few things that are on my mind.

Why is it that we are so reluctant to experiment with other forms in worship; to try to use other mediums than music?

Are we connected to the historic Church? How?

Does it influence who we are and what we do now?

Do we feel it's necessary or unnecessary to revisit the Church historic?

Are we ignorant of our historical Christian roots?

If yes, how has this blindness effected us?

If no, in what ways are we impacted / influenced by it?

Why are we so hung up on how it makes us feel or how it sounds to us and to others rather than how it is perceived by God, our Father?

And in our context (Vineyard) if music is the medium of choice, how do you facilitate a group of thirty in worshipping God when over half of them are children (most under ten)? The kids songs don't fly too well with the adults and the grown-up songs don't cut it with the kids.

I don't have any profound answers, but I do know that we've got to rethink what it is that we're doing and why we're doing it when we get together as a worshipping community. How can we all participate in the corporate voice of the Body of Christ, regardless of age, musical or artistic ability, or personal preference? If it's really not about the music, then maybe every once in a while we should close our mouths, put down our instruments, and see if we can remember (or rediscover) how to worship God first in our hearts. To worship Him in spirit and truth (Spirit and Truth).

Posted: Fri - November 28, 2003 at 01:07 AM      

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