![]() ![]() Reading the Bible, we can see various unexpected events in the stories of many of the biblical characters, e.g., Jonah, Ruth, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Paul. We are promised many things, but we certainly aren’t promised safety. Our actions can’t be used to control the outcome. We want to tell them they are going to be fine.īut Christianity has never been a magical religion. We can unthinkingly reassure people, “If we worship God in THIS way, we will be safe.” These assurances are appealing because we want to help people with their anxieties and fears. There’s a clear temptation to introduce magical thinking. I like to think about this not as a tension but as compatible commitments-remaining true to Christian history, and also leading the church into its preferred future. But I would like to encourage worship leaders to avoid certain language and framing as you plan your online worship moments and events. ![]() Some of us are more focused on what is scriptural, others of us on what is faith-filled. So it’s only human to feel a range of unexpected emotions.Ī question some friends have asked is, how should worship leaders be speaking about world events on their live streams? It seems like every hour we’re updated with more information on the state of the world, which is in the grip of a pandemic. You and I have never been here before.Įven as I sit at my writing desk staring out the window in our sunny harbor city Sydney, I can hear helicopters hovering over the river. Today millions of people have been diagnosed with a “novel coronavirus.” And tomorrow? We can’t know the number, which is projected to increase exponentially in the coming months. Or if there is, we’ve sailed right over its edge. We are in uncharted waters– that means there is no map.
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