Christianity Today has a new article about a recent conference concerning how worship in North American Christian churches has changed in the past 30 years.
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship was held last week in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There were representatives from several different denominations on the panel, and one panel member summarized what he saw as hopeful changes in worship in the last 30 years. He states that modernization of liturgy, songs, etc., can be a good thing, as long as the historical heritage is preserved. Personally, I'm not that encouraged about many of the modernizations that have occurred. Unfortunately, substance is too often replaced with style. Truth and depth are too often replaced with simplistic "seeker-sensitive" balony.
However, there is some hope in the article. More in keeping with some of the other recent reading I've been doing, there is a link to a short article entitled "Calvin's Geneva Liturgy." I'll continue with more related articles next week.
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