Converging Worshipers

Worship Stream – A Blog for Converging Worshipers
converging n : the act of converging (coming closer)


I admit it; I’m a sucker for clever word plays. I love General Electric’s recent ad catch phrase: imagination at work.

Converging is such a great word to describe what I hope to do with this space. I think this electronic page can be a place to bring worship leaders closer together, to bring worshipers closer together, and perhaps even to explore how we can use converging as a method to pass through the current worship style issues and emerge on the other side closer to each other and closer to God.

Of course, my ultimate goal cannot be left unsaid, and that is to converge worshipers with our great God. Sounds like Great Commandment, Great Commission economics applied to worship to me!

So here we go…

Converging in the Bible
The word converge never appears in the Bible. But the concept is everywhere.

The Israelites were often warned against “converging” or “coming closer” to the other tribes. God knows--people are people. Avoiding temptation is so much easier than resisting it. The lessons for worship are endless. Here are just a few:
If fame is a temptation, better to avoid time on the stage than to stand on the stage and resist the temptation.
If unhealthy relationships are likely to develop among worship leading groups, better for those folks to choose a different area of ministry.
If we are to engage the world around us (and we surely should), then we must be exceedingly careful to be the ones changing them, not the ones being changed by them. Perhaps among the great lessons in God’s Old Covenant, this is the greatest for us.

On the positive side, we are repeatedly told to “converge” or “come closer” to other believers. Worship can unify unlike virtually anything we do. That is why the wars of worship have been such a great source of grief for our God. We will look for ways throughout the coming days to use the moments we have in worship to glorify God and to edify the church.

Next time… how converging can describe a faith community.

October 20th, 2005