tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post3584974914053376887..comments2024-03-21T04:24:14.674-05:00Comments on PostConsumer Reports: Chasing The "Ghosts of Worship Past"—a worship leader's lamentPostConsumer Reportshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04382150335755928153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-48783025635205181412017-04-27T11:19:32.907-05:002017-04-27T11:19:32.907-05:00Thank you for articulating all you have here! My b...Thank you for articulating all you have here! My background is also Pentecostal - and I love how you describe the authentic moves of God's Spirit in those services. I am also now an Anglican worship leader and relate to most of your points here; the balancing and the influence of the various traditions (also Methodist, Reformed, etc.) constantly affect my thinking. <br /><br />And I also find myself defensive about "contemporary Christian music" because I don't equate it with the lights and the loud. Whatever co-opting has been done in "the industry," we take what seems usable and appropriate for congregations from what is being produced, mix it with hymns and older modern pieces, and try to offer a variety within the music so that it ministers to our demographics (very mixed generationally), focusing on song options that coalesce with the themes of the scriptures and what God is currently speaking among us. Since we see authentic worship happen with songs currently being produced, we couldn't dismiss "contemporary worship" as being co-opted. That would hardly ever be the full story.<br /><br />I do desire to see people become more free, more open in worship to God's Spirit moving and speaking among us corporately. I desire for them to know the freedom of expressive worship (knowing that means different things for different personalities) and to see the Church in America let go of its time constraints on worshiping God. Those amazing times in His presence, having Him work among us, are worth it...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824394449127604434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-31701125708200482112016-07-20T20:07:08.886-05:002016-07-20T20:07:08.886-05:00Great article. As an Assembly of Cathodist (AofG r...Great article. As an Assembly of Cathodist (AofG raised, confirmed Roman Catholic, serving in United Methodist churches as Worship Leader/Desigenr for the last 20 years) I am right there with you. Your story is my story and your struggles are my struggles. If you are interested you can check out my stuff at TheWorshipDoctor.com. I will certainly be reading yours from now on. Keep yup the great thought/struggles.Craig Gilberthttp://theworshipdoctor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-32609341003301284892016-07-20T13:50:43.080-05:002016-07-20T13:50:43.080-05:00The congregation I have been at doesn't do the...The congregation I have been at doesn't do the "big show." We have a small praise band and the volume doesn't get too loud. We also only have regular lighting, both ceiling lights and natural lighting from the windows.<br /><br />I've been out of the "big show" for some time now. But it's a past that still influences me. It's something I'm working out through writing.<br />PostConsumer Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04382150335755928153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-80271157345588600082016-07-20T13:38:18.492-05:002016-07-20T13:38:18.492-05:00Start a new service at a different time or day, wh...Start a new service at a different time or day, where you turn down the volume and turn up the lights. Those who like the Big Show can continue attending the Big Show. Don't worry about seekers being offended by the new service format. Each lamb hears the shepherd's call, and those who belong at the new service will find it. May God the Father bless you and keep you close. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874329912295345932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-55153905252372775622016-07-19T21:49:02.465-05:002016-07-19T21:49:02.465-05:00Thanks Zac and Bosco. I appreciate both of your si...Thanks Zac and Bosco. I appreciate both of your sites and what they bring to the conversation.PostConsumer Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04382150335755928153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-64637230524268411592016-07-19T19:35:49.455-05:002016-07-19T19:35:49.455-05:00Great post, thanks.
Have you discovered my website...Great post, thanks.<br />Have you discovered my website yet?<br />It continually grapples with these issues<br />& has an online book "Celebrating Eucharist" free<br />& many other resources.<br /><br />Blessings<br /><br />Bosco<br />www.liturgy.co.nzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508293003737956258.post-48345602660693181612016-07-19T18:48:13.022-05:002016-07-19T18:48:13.022-05:00I resonate with this! I think many of our biograph...I resonate with this! I think many of our biographies place us on a perpetual journey of distinguishing baby from bathwater, recognizing that there's plenty of both (though perhaps in differing proportions) in any context we're in. Thanks for the reflections!Zac Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05321302866279712381noreply@blogger.com