worship

By jesshong on

I don't know about you, but at times I find it really hard to worship. Now, this might be an especially disconcerting thing to hear from the person who just got hired as the primary AM worship leader at Quest, but I figure I might as well start my tenure as transparenty and honestly as I can. At the risk of tooting my own horn, when it comes to the task leading worship, I think I've got enough experience and skill to accomplish the superficial work of leading a group of people in song relatively well. I know how to carry a tune, I know how to shift dynamics, I even know how to say "spiritual" things that make me look like I've got this whole God thing down pat. But when it comes to actually worshipping, worshipping in spirit and in truth -- that's a little rougher sometimes. Like many of you, I've got a lot of things going on in my life that can easily pull my mind and heart away from Christ.

By raybartel on

No season of the year sings as well as Christmas.  It makes no difference whether you're a Christian, or not; a kind of irresistable magic fills the air with the sights and sounds and aroma of the season. And the world breaks out in song. Can you imagine the celebration of Christmas without carols? --Or without the warm glow of candles reminding us of the "light of Christ" that has come into our world to pierce the "darkness"? ...My favorite carols include Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Holy Night, Away in a Manger and I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. What are your favorites?

By jason on

Worship is the love, praise, and honor that we express to God.  From icons to incesnse to chants, the church through the ages has practiced a myriad of ways to worship.  Yet, despite our rich history, the church today often equates worship only with, and then usually only one genre.  In this deptch class we'll look how can worship extend to every one of our senses.  Can we sense God's presence with sight, touch, smell, and sound?