Comments on: Honesty in Worship http://relevantchurch.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/honesty-in-worship/ A Call for the Culturally Relevant Church Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:50:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Kent Sanders http://relevantchurch.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/honesty-in-worship/#comment-7 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:09:23 +0000 http://relevantchurch.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/honesty-in-worship/#comment-7 Hey, I'm a little late to the game here. Thanks for the further thoughts on honesty in worship. I probably feel the same way a lot of worship leaders do - I sense that there is some dishonesty in worship, but I'm not sure how to achieve a balance between acknowledging that honesty and challenging people to change. One of the things that sets a leader apart is being honest about the situation. We have all seen leaders who won't acknowledge a bad situation or be straightforward about something. But it's not enough just to acknowledge where we're at...we have to challenge people to move beyond where they're at. But it begins with being honest. In my view, that's what makes Bono so prophetic in his words. He is just an honest person who says it like it is. That's why the psalms are so powerful also - David sets the reality of the human condition right alongside the majestic praise of God, sometimes within a verse of each other! This is why I really like songwriters like Matt Redman, who in a song like "Blessed Be Your Name" acknowledges that there is pain and suffering in life. You could say the same for "Trading My Sorrows" by Darrell Evans. Thanks for the links on the previous post about Willow's "reveal" - I'll check those out. I have been to the Leadership Summit a few times but didn't get to attend this year. Guess I missed out. Hey, I’m a little late to the game here. Thanks for the further thoughts on honesty in worship. I probably feel the same way a lot of worship leaders do - I sense that there is some dishonesty in worship, but I’m not sure how to achieve a balance between acknowledging that honesty and challenging people to change. One of the things that sets a leader apart is being honest about the situation. We have all seen leaders who won’t acknowledge a bad situation or be straightforward about something. But it’s not enough just to acknowledge where we’re at…we have to challenge people to move beyond where they’re at. But it begins with being honest.

In my view, that’s what makes Bono so prophetic in his words. He is just an honest person who says it like it is. That’s why the psalms are so powerful also - David sets the reality of the human condition right alongside the majestic praise of God, sometimes within a verse of each other!

This is why I really like songwriters like Matt Redman, who in a song like “Blessed Be Your Name” acknowledges that there is pain and suffering in life. You could say the same for “Trading My Sorrows” by Darrell Evans.

Thanks for the links on the previous post about Willow’s “reveal” - I’ll check those out. I have been to the Leadership Summit a few times but didn’t get to attend this year. Guess I missed out.

]]> by: James http://relevantchurch.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/honesty-in-worship/#comment-6 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:12:59 +0000 http://relevantchurch.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/honesty-in-worship/#comment-6 I'm glad that there's some songwriters out there that are honest in their writing. This is what makes being a worship leader so difficult. Most of the worship music out there expresses the "happy." I even did a theme search in CCLI for "problems, struggles, strife, enemies, wrath, lament, etc." and nothing came up in my search results. Interesting huh? I’m glad that there’s some songwriters out there that are honest in their writing. This is what makes being a worship leader so difficult. Most of the worship music out there expresses the “happy.” I even did a theme search in CCLI for “problems, struggles, strife, enemies, wrath, lament, etc.” and nothing came up in my search results. Interesting huh?

]]> by: Arthur Pope http://relevantchurch.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/honesty-in-worship/#comment-5 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:27:48 +0000 http://relevantchurch.blogsome.com/2007/11/19/honesty-in-worship/#comment-5 I think I saw this inverview at a leadership summit thing I went to last year, which was put on by Willow. "There is a large pallet of emotions that humans experience… and our worship music often only expresses the “happy” emotion, and it pretends like everything is right with the world." That is a very good point, and it's probably a lot of the reason why most of my songs tend to be on the more melancholy side of things. I just relate to that more. I think I saw this inverview at a leadership summit thing I went to last year, which was put on by Willow.

“There is a large pallet of emotions that humans experience… and our worship music often only expresses the “happy” emotion, and it pretends like everything is right with the world.”

That is a very good point, and it’s probably a lot of the reason why most of my songs tend to be on the more melancholy side of things.

I just relate to that more.

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