Christian Post has Billy Graham's response to the question:
I know I'm supposed to worship God when I go to church, but I can't say I always do. My thoughts wander, or I get to thinking about the people around me and I come away disappointed in myself for not really worshipping. How can I keep from being distracted?
Paul Glavic discusses the pitfalls of theology terminology and illustrates living a life of worship with a city metaphor.
Jay McKenney recounts a dialogue between himself and a church member trying to define a "deep" song or a "shallow" song. Be sure to read the comments.
Hat tip: Man of Depravity
West Breedlove discusses "Contemporary Worship Music" or "CWM" in the context of John Frame's Contemporary Worship Music: A Biblical Defense.
Christianity Today looks at various protestant sources for worship, including our very own Baptist Hymnal™ and how they invoke the transliteration of the name of God.
Michael Quicke at Northern Seminary raises the concern that "too many preachers are marginalizing worship."
Jonny Baker is on a panel at the London school of theology and he wants your input.
Of course, by the time you read this, with time zones, the conference is probably about to start...
Greg does an exegesis on Psalm 16:7 and talks about worshiping with non-standard parts of the body.
This pastor shares his five criteria for choosing songs for worship.
Isaiah Six is the first to respond to this week's "call to posts," and it's an exhaustive review! You can read the article for the punchline, but I love his setup:
But just because something might be proposed or published by the SBC or its publishing arm, LifeWay Christian Resources, doesn't mean I fall all over myself to buy it and use it. In fact, I'm often skeptical because sometimes we just flat out get it wrong.
Any more Proverbs 27:2 folks out there?
The Spyglass shares his thoughts and a Matt Redman video about the lyrical content of worship songs.
Jeff talks about a passage from Harold Best's Unceasing WorshipM that he's working through a second time.
RedemptiveTobacco (hey... I don't name these blogs) posts about making our service our act of worship.
Mike Cosper reprints his sermon notes from Romans, Psalms, Isaiah and Job describing the suffering and sovereignty of God.
Jon has a well-formed post about worshiping God in the context of His Holiness, backed with tons of scripture.
An exhaustive post from Chris A takes an exegetical view of worship.
Dan from Oceanside United Reformed Church is concerned about the "spectator element" in many worship services.
This most often takes place during special music (soloists and choirs), but some churches include drama, interpretive dance, handbells, finger painting, puppet shows, hop-scotch, etc.
I think I go to a non-hop-scotching church, myself... but good points to be considered nonetheless!
April gets the opportunity to go from church to church because her husband is a full-time freelance musician.
I hear the churches that have it all together, production, lights, media, music but no heart. No passion.I hear churches that are singing the songs they sing every 3rd Sunday of the month because Mary Joe likes it because it reminds her of her dog Spot that died when she was 4 years old.
I hear churches that sing to God with all of their heart because the worship leader listens to God who leads him to lead the church in passionate, God led worship.
Where does your church fall?
Several of Dan Wilt's students have great posts on worship. RanchGirl reflects on being a living sacrifice.
