While reading through Webber's Worship Old and New there were some things I just could not grasp onto. While I do believe worship in the church has become a huge part of how we view the churches we attend. I found myself questioning where most of our american churches today are in regards to worship. Which is the right way to worship?, is there a right way in terms of the logistical layouts of our services? According to Webber there is a biblical approach as well as a cultural relevance approach to the way we worship.
Yet most of us in American churches do not fully understand what it means to worship or be a worshipper. It has become very self centered pride-filled platform at times for musicians who just could not get to the next level. So I asked myself what it would look like for the American church to really pursue what it meant to worship beyond a musical level. Would we be open for change or would we be stuck in the way it has always been. As I read I tried to picture what it would look like for the church as a whole to do this. The picture was very chaotic and it left me thinking I don't know if we as the American church could get over our entitlement and pride that we have as Americans. This idea of I want it my way and I want it now. This is the way we are bread and taught as kids.
While this brings up so many questions one thing is clear. People are on totally different spectrums in regards to worship. So how did something that was created as a gift from God to express his mercy and grace towards fallen people as we in turn acknowledge Christ find ourselves holding onto hymns or Mundford and Sons in church? Its an interesting take to see how far we have come from the old. I guess my questioning is. Should we have stayed there? Or do we move forward into new traditions or do we merge both together as Webber suggests. Would that make Worship palatable yet reverent towards God? I don't know, but it is an interesting thought.
