Posts tagged Worship
Evolving Worship as Spiritual Creativity

For we are not simply passengers on the vessel. We are the crew. We are the ship. (And we are the ocean too). As we ride the winds and the currents leading us into the future, we are all vital and necessary—as the nature of God is to incarnate and express among and through us.

We not only worship a God-Beyond-Us or are devoted to a God-Beside-Us. We are called to live into God-Being-Us as an act of worship. 

What does it look like to worship the divine in us? 

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Learning from the Charismatics

The Three Waves of Modern Charismatic Christianity

Most Christians are either aware of or have been a part of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity of the twentieth century. These theologically conservative groups are reminiscent of the mystical phenomena seen in the book of Acts and identified by what they call the baptism of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, spiritual gifts, healing, prophecy, and exuberant worship.

According to former Fuller Seminary Professor of Church Growth Peter Wagner, there were three waves of charismatic renewal in the twentieth century.

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