tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post114022822981813317..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: Worship goes beyond the musicwellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1140321355089383742006-02-18T22:55:00.000-05:002006-02-18T22:55:00.000-05:00I will try to do that. Give me a while though. It'...I will try to do that. Give me a while though. It's hard to read any books other than the ones I'm required to for class. Maybe it'll be a spring break project.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1140312630336044502006-02-18T20:30:00.000-05:002006-02-18T20:30:00.000-05:00I'm envious. I did not purchase a copy for myself...I'm envious. I did not purchase a copy for myself. I checked it out of the library, and now that I am no longer in and out of the theological library everyday, well I don't have ready access to anymore. It is a good book. Perhaps you can report on it for us....at your convenience.<BR/><BR/>Hope you like it.<BR/><BR/>Blessings...Agent Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17797031158032033042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1140304206082152172006-02-18T18:10:00.000-05:002006-02-18T18:10:00.000-05:00funny you should mention it... I have Israel's Pra...funny you should mention it... I have Israel's Praise sitting on a shelf in my bathroom. I pick it up from time to time. I should read through it. <BR/><BR/>I've just started doing a little thinking about worship... sooner or later I'll be ready to put together something of substance. Thanks.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1140297444457880032006-02-18T16:17:00.000-05:002006-02-18T16:17:00.000-05:00A few years ago I read a book by Walter Brueggeman...A few years ago I read a book by Walter Brueggemann called Israel's Praise. Ever since, I have looked at worship very differently. Worship is world making -in a sense. And since reading Wright, I see it as confrontational as well. Of course this is all in addition to a more traditional view of worship as celebrating being with God.<BR/><BR/>Somehow, though, the Brueg/Wright stuff lends a lot of weight to the thing. I says that even the world must do business with our worship and our worship must do business with the world. <BR/><BR/>(Perhaps 'business' is a poor word for it, but I think it expresses my thought well enough.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, worship is far more than a good time with God. And it is not stupid or silly. (I am thinking here from an atheistic viewpoint.) It actually orders the world in it's proper order. The world was designed to bear the Glory of God. Thus it is Kingdom business.<BR/><BR/>I would like to see someone write an indepth theology of worship. I ask worship leaders what their theology of worship is from time to time, and I usually get blank stares in return. That is a shame. Worship leaders are at the cutting edge of the New World Order and they hardly know it.<BR/><BR/>Many blessings...Agent Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17797031158032033042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1140275731010484982006-02-18T10:15:00.000-05:002006-02-18T10:15:00.000-05:00I used to think like Charismatics on worship. I us...I used to think like Charismatics on worship. I used to relate it to following a leader who would usher me into God's presence and it seemed to require a certain kind of music.<BR/><BR/>My heart has changed so much the last few years. Worship to me now is giving Him worth in all that I do and all that I am, even the not so good stuff because I know He holds great worth for me just as I am. It's the singing that is going on in my heart as I walk in the presence of this wonderful Father. It's a constant celebration of life and hopefully it rubs off a little on others.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't make my way any better than anyone else. It's just where I am personally.SteveWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297300421121106669noreply@blogger.com