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Worship: “Industry” v. “Art”

Written by Charlie Dean

Topics: Culture, Faith

>This is thought-provoking.  I wonder to myself, “how often am I a connoisseur of the worship “industry”?  How often do I say things like, “that music doesn’t ‘do it’ for me”?  Thoughts?

ht: Aaron’s blog

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Posted on 7 September 2010

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  1. Matt Ehrman says:
    September 8, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    Well, that all depends as to what style of worship & praise that you like or are accustomed to. The music industry in and of itself is a rather “broad spectrum” and just about “anyone-who’s-anyone” is taking off with it. LOL

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  2. Ron says:
    September 8, 2010 at 10:07 pm

    [Some] Churches have lured worshippers in with their drug of holy biblical entertainment. And it takes ever increasing levels of entertainment to keep the followers experiencing that “high”, or, as some call it, the Holy Spirit.

    They’ve got to keep pushing the envelope because that same old tear-jerking story just doesn’t bring a dribble or drop anymore. We’ve gotten rid of our Sunday’s Best in exchange for flip flops, but we still are not comfortable enough. We’ve ridden Harley’s out in front of the altar, but now we need two Hogs in church, make that three… three wisemen riding in on fatboys. That Marshall amp has been cranked to 11 and the people still want more! They keep chasing after what the people want until church looks like Lady Gaga (no offense your Ladyship).

    That’s why the Catholics will always win; they know how to manage expectations. The mass is the same monotonous drone every week (every day if you’re a REAL Catholic). The same stale wafer turned into the same flesh of Christ. The same 12% wine turned into the same human blood. The same genuflections done on the same kneelers. Kneel.. stand… sit… kneel .. stand… kneel… Amen.

    There’s nothing new, and because they call us sinners we should expect nothing more. They say our true reward for suffering through all this is not on earth, but in heaven. That’s where the Harley’s and Marshalls will be I guess. Oh, and Lady Gaga will be there too.

    But I regressed into sarcasm a little there. Forgive me. I was not speaking of the good, humble, honest services at Imago for which I am thankful.

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  3. charliedean says:
    September 9, 2010 at 10:55 am

    @Ron – I appreciate the sarcasm… but I think you’ve his the core of the tension. At one extreme you get “flavor of the month,” trendy worship that feels cheap and contrived. At the other extreme you get “same old, same old,” that feels stale and passionless.

    I’m with you… I think that Dave does a great job of navigating between these extremes. I’m a big fan.

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