Reflections on Reflections on Worship

It's been a while since I have posted anything on this blog. I just returned from a conference on worship. Five of us went from the school at which I work. It was a wonderful time of building relationships as we learned about and discussed worship. The conference itself was overwhelming at times. Between each workshop there were tables of drinks and snacks, and I found myself grabbing a few items and shoving them in my bag, whether I was hungry or not. The workshops at time felt similar to me--as if I was grabbing everything I could, shoving it in my notebook, and then rushing off to the next offering. Don't misundertand--the workshops were, for the most part, interesting and helpful. But I did, at times, feel like a spiritual glutton. There were times when I felt that as soon as we were getting to the meat of the issue, it was time to rush off to our next course.

I attended workshops on collaboration in worship, words for worship, just worship, lament in worship, preaching in a post-modern culture, singing with children (I ended up at that one by mistake), enacted prayer, worship as spiritual formation, and multi-cultural/holistic worship. Now comes the hard work of processing all of my notes and trying to figure out where to go with the information I gleaned.

I have been reading some interesting books lately, and I hope to post my thoughts on some of them. So, if anyone is reading...stay tuned for more.

Julianne