To worship or not to worship...

On Sunday, September 9th, the sol cafe will be meeting at around 5ish at Cafe Dabar for an evening of worship, and the discussion of worship.

For some people, "worship" is simply churchenese for "music." In particular, it is music sung for a very specific purpose -- the worship of God. In that spirit, it is music meant to be delivered in community and with a particular attitude, not merely as background music or entertainment. The point is not how well you sing or how musical you are, but that you join in the communal act.

For other people, worship is something more than just music. It is still something to be done with a particular attitude. Or with that same specific purpose. Or maybe it is just the attitude with which you do all things.

Maybe they are both right. Maybe it is something in between. But for this Sunday, we can say this for sure: we will be having music for the purpose of celebrating God together, and we will be talking about it too.

Not sure how this will be fitting into the evening yet, but the readings for this week from the Revised Common Lectionary are listed below. Maybe the Psalm 139 reading would be a good place to start?

Proper 18 (23) September 9, 2007

Jeremiah 18:1-11 or Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 or Psalm 1

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14:25-33