Comments on: what’s wrong with worship http://craigborlase.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/whats-wrong-with-worship/ thoughts and more from craig borlase Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:46:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eugene Roberts http://craigborlase.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/whats-wrong-with-worship/#comment-257 Eugene Roberts Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:47:56 +0000 http://craigborlase.wordpress.com/?p=125#comment-257 You nailed it! I have this same uncomfortable feeling that I can't seem to put words to... Thanks for supplying some words that start to describe it. You nailed it! I have this same uncomfortable feeling that I can’t seem to put words to… Thanks for supplying some words that start to describe it.

]]> By: Annie http://craigborlase.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/whats-wrong-with-worship/#comment-143 Annie Fri, 29 May 2009 17:25:53 +0000 http://craigborlase.wordpress.com/?p=125#comment-143 Hmmm... Craig, I couldn't agree with you more on this. There's an uncomfortability I feel when I hear friends and strangers sing the praises of not the God who inspires the songs, but the songwriters themselves. They (the fans) spend a fortune on merch, wait hours in line to buy tickets or meet the artists, trample each other to get the best view (of what I often ask/fear), tell people they can't "worship" unless so-and-so leads them to that posture, etc. It's an odd place the worship leader (or "lead worshipper" as Matt Redman reminds us) finds him-/herself in -- to accept the compliments and simultaneously direct the people (and the praise) up to Whom it belongs. I've been in "Music City" (aka Nashville aka Christian Music Capital) for a few months now and am often bewildered and saddened by the people I encounter. There is an overwhelming air of "What can you do for me?" Sadly, this is most apparent in the Christian. Trying to find authenticity or brothers and sisters who strive to reflect Christ to this world and to each other is like looking for a needle in a haystack as tall as the Empire State Building. The ones who are seeking to walk in this manner are out there I'm sure (and hope/pray), they're just hiding amongst the bright lights, hipsters and Honky-tonk bars. Oh, and that Kirk Franklin quote? It just ripped a whole in me... in a good way. Thanks, friend! :) Hmmm… Craig, I couldn’t agree with you more on this. There’s an uncomfortability I feel when I hear friends and strangers sing the praises of not the God who inspires the songs, but the songwriters themselves. They (the fans) spend a fortune on merch, wait hours in line to buy tickets or meet the artists, trample each other to get the best view (of what I often ask/fear), tell people they can’t “worship” unless so-and-so leads them to that posture, etc.

It’s an odd place the worship leader (or “lead worshipper” as Matt Redman reminds us) finds him-/herself in — to accept the compliments and simultaneously direct the people (and the praise) up to Whom it belongs.

I’ve been in “Music City” (aka Nashville aka Christian Music Capital) for a few months now and am often bewildered and saddened by the people I encounter. There is an overwhelming air of “What can you do for me?” Sadly, this is most apparent in the Christian. Trying to find authenticity or brothers and sisters who strive to reflect Christ to this world and to each other is like looking for a needle in a haystack as tall as the Empire State Building. The ones who are seeking to walk in this manner are out there I’m sure (and hope/pray), they’re just hiding amongst the bright lights, hipsters and Honky-tonk bars.

Oh, and that Kirk Franklin quote? It just ripped a whole in me… in a good way. Thanks, friend! :)

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