Walt Mueller hits it on the head...

Ok, so I have to admit, the whole "emergent church" thing gets me stoked up sometimes. Error is error, whether it's IFB error or "EC" error. And I hate the whole "worship" trend today... Worship defined as, "It was good, because I enjoyed it!" Well, "HOP" (ooohhh, there is that pagan easter bunny influence again...) over to Walts blog. (It's here.) and read his blog dated April 5.

Here is a quote from the article:

Like the unfolding divine drama, our service unfolds with beauty and deep meaning, from our prayers, to our recitations of creeds, to the preparatory quiet of our sanctuary, to our use of the great hymns of the faith, to our confessions, to our sung responses, to our celebration of the Lord’s Supper, to the primacy of the Word, so forth and so on. In the midst of the quiet and the tradition, God speaks loudly to me. When he speaks, it is with a depth that challenges me and forces me to go deeper with Him and His Word. At times, my emotions are moved. At other times, they’re not. If the familiar components of our service that I encounter week after week become dull and boring, I take full blame. Each of those components are there because I – in my humanness, need to be reminded of who I am, who God is, what I believe, and what He’s done for me. If I’m focusing on that, I can’t help but be moved. Perhaps the biggest worship mistake I’m prone to fall into is the mistake of believing that when I arrive and take my seat, it’s time for me to be entertained. That’s not what corporate worship is. Rather, I’m the performer and God’s the audience. Worship that gets that right is the only kind of corporate worship that can be described after the fact as “good.” All too often, I hear adults and kids in their after-worship commentary say things like, “That worship was awesome!” Okay, but what do you mean by that. When I ask clarifying questions about what made worship great I’ve heard everything from “It made me feel good” to “I loved the music” to “It didn’t bore me” to “I think the smoke machine was awesome.” Somehow the emphasis on “me” and “I” leaves the impression that we believe worship is for us. That’s wrong. Again, we’re the performers and God is the audience. That’s what it means to live life to the glory of God. Not only that, I think we’ve reduced our definition and understanding of worship to the one hour that we sing together each week. But the Scriptures make it clear that the most important type of worship should take place during every one of the other 167 hours in our week. If you don’t believe me, just read the minor prophets!