Theology Evolved?

I took an EXTREMELY informal survey today.

The question?

"Is joy in singing or playing for that matter, in worship leading a diminishing trend?"

The general survey seems to think yes. But for different reasons.

One answer relates to the concept that churches are looking after talent rather than joy.

The other answer asks the question whether or not those filled with joy are being overworked, underappreciated, and hence just getting burned out.

and the best quote came from Rich Kirkpatrick

"yes... I think I am postmodern, I guess, in thinking that just because worship is literally giving worth to God does not mean that God is wanting you to worship like Spock...worship like a human, dang it"

My thought is just that, if we are really going to lead others in praise to God, we of all people should be actually praising God. Not because it is the "christian" thing to do, or because it is our duty on sunday morning, but rather, because we are actually thankful and grateful and want to give that praise!

Just a thought.

Zach

I have been reading David Crowder's "Praise Habit" and this week was on Psalm 8.

So I thought I would share my thought on it. Enjoy

God is so infinitely present. He is spoken everyday by the entirety of His creation, and humanity is the only one that keeps him at arm's length. Perhaps this is because we are the only ones who feel self-conscious regarding him. The grasses of the fields sway with the wind, His breath. The waters take the time to mirror their twin creation, the heavens. Mountains reach out and share with the clouds. Animals how at night, and not that I am an Animist by any means, but nature follows its natural course, doing what God designed it to do, Humanity sees God, and rather than naturally turning to praise Him, elevates Him yet further, and then sets themselves infinitely apart from Him.

In the larger world view, we make ourselves seem so small. We play ourselves as insignificant, but thinking of Christ's words with God providing for the birds in the sky, He does the same for us. God touches out lives daily, but because we are too busy walking with our heads down, moping about , telling the sidewalk about our insignificance. God is shouting at us to look up and meet the rest of his creation eye to eye and see how everything else looks up to praise Him for making them. But not us, the most elaborate of all his creation, be come vain in our vanity, we stop praising, because we are too busy criticizing ourselves. We simple need to stop, look up, and we what is natural... PRAISE.