Over at the Liberate blog, Zac Hicks has some fantastic thoughts on worship and liturgy, specifically who is doing what in worship. Here at Christ Presbyterian, we often say that worship is a “conversation between God and his people.” When you pair that thought with Zac’s insights on liturgy, you come away with a full-orbed understanding of the who and what of worship. I commend it to you!
Four years ago, philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff initiated what would become a change in my perspective on worship by diving into the etymology of an often mis-defined word. We often hear that “liturgy” means “the work of the people.” Wolterstorff challenges that:
