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Architect of Worship


When I was on the faculty of Westmont College, I frequently drove to the campus on my Honda Gold Wing touring motorcycle along a beautiful, seven-mile stretch of the California coast. Dramatic cliffs and rocks lined the beaches; palm trees arched their spindly trunks in the sand; sailboats bobbed in the gentle blue-and-green swells.

I reminded myself not to take this magnificent part of the world for granted. Each day I tried to see things I had not noticed before or to see things in a new way. For seventeen years I continued to marvel at God's handiwork. Leading corporate worship is like taking someone along on that beautiful commute and pointing their attention to God and the creation of God. "Worship is the adoration and praise of that which delights us," writes John Piper. "We praise what we enjoy, because praise completes the enjoyment. We worship God for the pleasure to be had in him."

How can we plan and lead worship so it does not fall into dullness and routine? How can we do justice ...

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From Issue:Winter 1996: Expectations
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