Worship – Zion Presbyterian Church Blog

I Want Normal Worship Back

One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. – Psalm 27:4 In a previous post I wrote about the centralityContinue reading “I Want Normal Worship Back”

Some Thoughts After Restarting Worship

Yesterday was sweet and bitter. It was a tremendous blessing to have people back in the room again. I wanted to share some thoughts I had after yesterday. Congregational singing is faith giving. One of our core principles is that the one voice of the congregation is the focus of our music. It’s our wayContinue reading “Some Thoughts After Restarting Worship”

Our Liturgy Shapes Our Desires

We are not primarily thinking beings, we are primarily desiring people. In a previous post, we said that we become what we worship either for ruin or restoration (Psalm 135:15-18). If we become what we worship, then how do our hearts get reshaped to worship the Lord Jesus? How do we reshape our desires? InContinue reading “Our Liturgy Shapes Our Desires”

We Become What We Worship

We all worship. In our previous post, we said that we are most fully human when we are engaged in worship. Worship is “to give something its worth” — or to put our trust, hopes, and security onto something because it is worthy of those things. Worship is like breathing. We do it without thinkingContinue reading “We Become What We Worship”

Worship? Why?

Someone suggested that we write on worship. Right now, that is like watching cooking shows while participating in a fast. But, hopefully we will increase our already hungry appetite to return to corporate worship soon. We are most fully human when engaged in worship. In fact, as we will eventually see, worship is a naturalContinue reading “Worship? Why?”