The Worship Quote of the Week for (02/05/2002):

God’s Opinion about Worship How do we gage the quality of our worship? Where do we go for an opinion as to whether we "have it right"? In today’s WORSHIP QUOTE, author Will Willimon suggests that it is God’s opinion that matters. GOD’S OPINION ABOUT WORSHIP To ask the theological question is simply to ask, What does our worship say about God? or the corollary, What does God say to us about our worship? Surely, this is the toughest and most basic question to be asked, but curiously, it is often the last question we ask. If we think about our worship at all, usually we think in terms of, What do I want from our worship? or, What do MY PEOPLE want from our worship? without daring to be so bold as to ask, What does GOD want from our worship? — William H. Willimon, WORSHIP AS PASTORAL CARE, Revised edition. Nashville: Abington, 1982, p. 22. ISBN 0687463882 [So . . . where might we go to find out what God thinks about our worship?"] Have a great week, Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.carlstam.org www.sbts.edu