Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Mucho Gusto Theme of the Week: A Diverse Communion Tuesday, June 8, 2004
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Men of IntegrityMay/June 2004Mucho GustoTheme of the Week: A Diverse CommunionTuesday, June 873
Key Bible Verses: Break out in praise and sing for joy! (Psalm 98:4). Bonus Reading:Psalm 150:1—6
My wife says she's going to wear a leotard next time we visit the Verbo church in Quito, Ecuador. Worshiping there, she says, is a better workout than going to the gym.
[Today's Bonus Reading] names some instruments to use for praising. The Verbo people add guitars of all shapes and sizes, synthesizers, castanets, drums, and more. They sing enthusiastically, clap, and "move." Young people run up and down the aisles waving banners. People hug, laugh, shout, and dance.
Standing in a worship service there one Sunday morning, we felt an outward joy that lightened our hearts and refreshed our spirits. It was so very … Latin. Nobody cared that the service went on for hours.
I smiled as I recalled my childhood church in Sydney, Australia. At Campsie Baptist, the men wore dark suits; the women wore hats. A pump organ wheezed out the only accompaniment to stately old hymns. The service started right at 11 a.m., and woe to the visiting preacher who went beyond 12:15 p.m.
The Campsie and Verbo churches were both very meaningful to me. But, oh, were they different!
—Max Meyers in Riding the Heavens
My Response: How can I value my own worship tradition without belittling others?
Thought to Apply: We are never alone. God has His people and there is that bond between them that revives the sagging spirit and confirms the love of God.
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