I am currently reading a book called “Worship is a Verb”
written by Robert Webber. 
He brings up a good point that i would like to share with all of you. I would love to hear your response to this.
“Karl Marx defined a person in terms of work: What do you do? The philosopher Descartes defined a person in terms of mind: What do you think? And the technological revolution defined a person through production: What have you done? Worship that is principally geared toward dispensing intellectual information or pressing for results – massive church memberships or decisions – has already capitulated to the secular attitude. It reduces human personality to a brain or a product, and worship deteriorates into nothing more than information for the mind or a product for the producer.Secularization calls into question those elements that lie at the very heart of Hebrew and Christian worship. Biblical worship is rooted in an event that is to be lived, not proven. The purpose of worship is not to prove the Christ it celebrates, but to bring the worshiper so in tune with God’s reconciliation through Christ that his death and resurrection become a lived experience. And telling and acting out the living, dying, and rising of Christ through celebration in worship makes the event real in the here and now. In Christian worship we are not merely asked to believe in Jesus Christ, but to live, die, and be resurrected again with him. Life is not an intellectual construct, but a journey of death and rebirth. When our life story is brought up in the story of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, it then gains meaning and purpose.”
I think that we are at a place now in our culture where people are looking for more in christianity and more in worship. There was the big worship boom in the late 90’s and in the early 2,000’s and now people are wondering what’s next. I dont think we should be asking what’s next but rather we should be asking what has happened. Robert Webber is very into the idea of Ancient Future worship and bringing the church back to Biblical worship. Please share your thoughts on what he wrote in the above section also your thoughts on how we can find more in worship.
Thanks,
Jon
