Dear Worship Pastor,
I enjoy praise and worship. I really do.
And I appreciate the enormous effort and the talent that goes into
excellent worship leadership. I hesitate to admit the following,
because it seems like someone with a theology doctorate ought to be
motivated by more cerebral concerns, but a significant (major but not
main) part of why I made Perimeter Church
my home church is because I enjoy it so much when Laura Story (whose
“Blessings” won a Grammy this past year) leads worship there. That
woman has an anointing; that’s the only way I can explain it. I am moved by her voice and her worship leadership.
So
this is nothing against contemporary praise and worship music, which I
genuinely like. And it’s nothing against worship leaders, most of whom I
also like. And, by the way, please don’t bother trying to figure out
whom this is aimed toward, because (a) you’re wrong and (b) it’s not
aimed toward anyone in particular.
But it has happened so often over
the years that I’ve seen worship leaders fail to lead. And by fail to
lead, I mean “They went where no one could follow.” And, after all
these years, I thought I’d say something.
Imagine
the following scenario. A church service begins, and the music breaks
in. The congregation warms up, and the music grows more intense. Yes,
we all know the progression by now — the video “Sunday’s Coming” was so
funny because it was so true — and yet the progression is there for a
reason. It’s rooted in human nature. Continue at Timothy Dalrymple
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