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Much Ado about Nothing,
colleague, Don Hustad. If you have never heard Dr. Hustad speak, I invite you to pay a visit to www.sbts.edu/icw and click on one of the lectures listed there. If you live within a short drive of Louisville, please come hear him this week on Tuesday and Thursday, March 25 & 27, as he presents lectures for the Institute for Christian Worship. (Schedule of lectures listed below.) MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING I must remind those who insist on radical revisions of worship forms and styles that all the changes are "much ado about nothing" unless congregations are truly worshiping God in spirit. I must also insist that the best performance of traditional liturgy is meaningless unless participating worshipers measure up to the great commandment to love God. For both groups, that includes loving our neighbors as ourselves, even if we cannot agree about proper worship styles and music! —Donald Hustad, from TRUE WORSHIP: RECLAIMING THE WONDER AND MAJESTY (Carol Stream: Hope Publishing Co., 1998), p. 36. ISBN 0-87788-838-8 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 |