WMB SPECIAL – I am taking WMB on a detour writing a special post in this series about the Olympics. This is part of a series here
MYTH: Worship is nothing like the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
The Olympic opening ceremonies in Beijing, China cost more than 300 million dollars. It was indeed a spectacular display of culture and artistry and a celebration of humanity’s greatest efforts. What I find interesting is that no major media person or popular public leader has complained about the cost. Imagine if that money was spent on China’s poorest people. Imagine if that money went to their own earthquake victims. Well, you will not hear me echo those complaints. The historical event was worth every penny, in my opinion.
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WMB 5.0 – How does expressiveness fight against legalism in our liturgy is where I am going today in this WMB post. This is part of a series here
MYTH: Loud, expressive, extravagant, joyful worship is not as holy as quiet, still and austere worship.
Of course the goal is not to enjoy your expression of worship, or to reach a certain decibel level. The goal is to offer our lives, and in the context of liturgy, our communal life as a church. What happens in a church is a person who has some tattoos walks in, and begins “feeling” it while some of the staid-suburban-Dockers-wearing-Christian-veterans in the pews begin to feel something else–resentment.
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WMB 4.4 – I am taking WMB and writing a few posts in this series about the ROLE OF THE WORSHIP LEADER. This is part of a series here
MYTH: The role of the worship leader is to help me the individual worship.
This myth centers around the idea that we as worshippers put a responsibility on a worship team to help us as individuals worship. Really, worship is the responsibility of the individual. The role of the worship leader is to provide an environment for the enitre congregation to worship, not just the individual. I like what I heard worship leader Brian Doerksen say a few years ago to worship leaders: “We provide a safe place for people to meet God intimately.”
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The Worship Mythbusters series has been well received. Here is what in just the last few days others have been saying about it.
“Over the past few months he’s tackled some of the myths that surround
us as worship leaders and offered some pretty fresh and interesting
ideas that I’ve been refreshed and encouraged by.” David
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WMB 4.3 – I am taking WMB and writing a few posts in this series about the ROLE OF THE WORSHIP LEADER. This is part of a series here
MYTH: Worship leading is not performing.
This is a myth! What is better said is that worship leaders lead in the act of performing worship.
Many in our churches like to use the word “performance” and make it another projectile at the worship team. They enjoy the fact that they can say a worship leader should not be performing, but worshiping as he leads as if the two are mutually exclusive. It means that his preparation is devalued and the attempt at beauty and form are discouraged. Worship expression or liturgy to many is simply a means, not and end. Really, it is an act to be performed.
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